HR 1816
WOSB Accountability Act
Summary
WOSB Accountability Act This bill requires that only women-owned small businesses that have been certified by a federal agency, state government, or national certifying entity approved by the Small Business Administration (SBA) are included when calculating whether a federal agency has met its contracting goals with respect to such businesses during a fiscal year. Certain self-certified, women-owned small businesses that have filed an application for certification are deemed to have been certified until the SBA or national certifying entity makes a determination with respect to the certification of such business. The SBA must provide a briefing each quarter about specified aspects of the process of certifying women-owned small businesses and implementing the requirements of the bill.
Bill status
- Status
- Passed House
- Sponsor
- Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez [D-NY-7]
- Cosponsors
- 3
- Policy area
- Commerce
- Introduced
- 2025-03-03
- Latest action
- 2025-06-04: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-06-04: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
- 2025-06-03: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2025-06-03: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2393-2394)
- 2025-06-03: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2393-2394)
- 2025-06-03: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1816.