Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 97 — Women’s Business Enterprise Development
§ 7102. Duties of the Interagency Committee
Statutory text
In general
The Interagency Committee shall—
monitor, coordinate, and promote the plans, programs, and operations of the departments and agencies of the Federal Government that may contribute to the establishment and growth of women’s business enterprise;
develop and promote new public sector initiatives, policies, programs, and plans designed to foster women’s business enterprise;
review, monitor, and coordinate plans and programs, developed in the public sector, which affect the ability of women-owned businesses to obtain capital and credit;
promote and assist, as appropriate, in the development of surveys of women-owned business; and
design a comprehensive plan for a joint public-private sector effort to facilitate growth and development of women’s business enterprise, which plan shall, not later than 1 year after , be submitted to the President for review.
Meetings
The Interagency Committee shall meet not less than biannually at such times as the Interagency Committee determines to be necessary to perform the duties under subsection (a). A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for the approval of recommendations or reports issued pursuant to this section.
Interaction with Council
In performing its duties under subsection (a), the Interagency Committee shall consult with the Council. The Interagency Committee may meet jointly with the Council at the discretion of the chairperson of the Interagency Committee and the chairperson of the Council, but not less frequently than twice annually. The chairperson of the Interagency Committee shall serve as chairperson of any joint meetings of the Interagency Committee and the Council.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988
Pub. L. 100–533 title IV § 402 · 102 Stat. 2689
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 7102
(Pub. L. 100–533, title IV, § 402, as added Pub. L. 103–403, title IV, § 413, Oct. 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 4193.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 100–533, title IV, § 402, as added Pub. L. 103–403, title IV, § 413, Oct. 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 4193.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 402. DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL. (a) The Council shall review— (1) the status of women owned business nationwide, including progress made and barriers that remain in order to assist such businesses to enter the mainstream of the American economy; (2) the role of the Federal Government and State and local governments in assisting and promoting aid to, and the promotion of, women owned business; (3) data collection procedures and the availability of data relating to (A) women owned businesses; (B) women owned small business, and (C) small business owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged women; and (4) such other government initiatives as may exist relating to women owned business including, but not limited to, those relating to Federal procurements. (b) Based upon its review, the Council shall, by December 31, 1989, and every twelve months thereafter, recommend to the Congress and the President— (1) new private sector initiatives that would provide management and technical assistance to women owned small business; (2) ways to promote greater access to public and private sector financing and procurement opportunities for such businesses; and (3) detailed multiyear plans of action, with specific goals and timetables, for both public and private sector actions needed to overcome discriminatory barriers to full participation in the economic mainstream. (c) For the purposes of this title the term “small business concern owned and controlled by women” shall have the same meaning as that term is given in section 204 of this Act.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 402 of Pub. L. 100–533, title IV, , 102 Stat. 2694, related to duties of the National Women’s Business Council, prior to the general amendment of title IV of Pub. L. 100–533 by Pub. L. 103–403. See section 7106 of this title.
Credits
(Pub. L. 100–533, title IV, § 402, as added Pub. L. 103–403, title IV, § 413, , 108 Stat. 4193.)