HR 1816
Passed a chamber
Excludes self-certified women-owned small businesses from federal small business contracting goals unless they are certified through the Small Business Administration or an approved certifying entity.
Official title: WOSB Accountability Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
03-MAR-2025
Referred
03-MAR-2025
Approved by committee
05-MAR-2025
Reported
24-MAR-2025
On the calendar
24-MAR-2025
Passed
03-JUN-2025
Senate
Received
04-JUN-2025
- Counts only women-owned small businesses certified under Small Business Act section 8(m) toward government-wide and agency contracting goals, starting the first day after the end of the second fiscal year after the SBA issues its regulations.
- Treats self-certified firms with pending applications as certified until the SBA or an approved certifier decides their applications.
- Requires the SBA to issue implementing regulations within one year.
- Requires quarterly briefings to House and Senate small business committees on implementation and application data, and provides no additional funding.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (03-MAR-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 03-JUN-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Small Business Committee (House)
- Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee (Senate)
Commerce
■ 2 R■ 1 D
2 Republicans
1 Democrat