text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Women's Business Procurement 
  Assistance Act of 1993''.
  
  SEC. 2. GOAL SETTING.
  
      Section 15(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)) is 
  amended--
              (1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ``, small business 
          concerns owned and controlled by women,'' after ``small 
          business concerns'' the first place it appears in the first 
          sentence and the first place it appears in the fourth sentence;
              (2) in the first sentence of paragraph (2) by inserting 
          ``by small business concerns owned and controlled by women,'' 
          after ``small business concerns,'';
              (3) in the second sentence of paragraph (2) by inserting 
          ``, small business concerns owned and controlled by women,'' 
          after ``small business concerns'' the first place it appears; 
          and
              (4) in the fourth sentence of paragraph (2) by inserting 
          ``small business concerns owned and controlled by women and'' 
          after ``including participation by''.
  
  SEC. 3. REPORTING.
  
      Section 15(h) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(h)) is 
  amended--
              (1) by inserting ``, small business concerns owned and 
          controlled by women,'' after ``small business concerns'' the 
          first place it appears in paragraph (1), the first place it 
          appears in paragraph (2)(A), and the first place it appears in 
          paragraph (2)(D);
              (2) in paragraph (1) by inserting ``and subcontracts'' 
          after ``contracts'';
              (3) by adding at the end of paragraph (1) the following new 
          sentence: ``The Administration shall submit to the Committee on 
          Small Business of the Senate and the Committee on Small 
          Business of the House of Representatives information obtained 
          from such reports, together with appropriate comments.''; and
              (4) in paragraph (2)(F) by striking ``women-owned small 
          business enterprises'' and inserting ``small business concerns 
          owned and controlled by women''.
  
  SEC. 4. SUBCONTRACTING.
  
      (a) Statement of Policy.--Section 8(d)(1) of the Small Business Act 
  (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(1)) is amended--
              (1) in the first sentence by inserting ``small business 
          concerns owned and controlled by women,'' after ``small 
          business concerns,''; and
              (2) in the second sentence by inserting ``, small business 
          concerns owned and controlled by women,'' after ``small 
          business concerns'' the first place it appears.
      (b) Contract Clause.--The contract clause specified in section 
  8(d)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(3)) is amended as 
  follows:
              (1) Subparagraph (A) of such clause is amended by inserting 
          ``, small business concerns owned and controlled by women,'' 
          after ``small business concerns'' the first place it appears in 
          the first sentence and the first place it appears in the second 
          sentence.
              (2) Subparagraph (C) of such clause is amended to read as 
          follows:
              ``(C)(i) As used in this contract, the term `small business 
          concern' means a small business concern as defined pursuant to 
          section 3 of the Small Business Act and relevant regulations 
          promulgated pursuant thereto.
              ``(ii) As used in this contract, the term `small business 
          concern owned and controlled by socially and economically 
          disadvantaged individuals' means a small business concern--
                      ``(I) which is at least 51 percent owned by one or 
                  more socially and economically disadvantaged 
                  individuals; or, in the case of any publicly owned 
                  business, at least 51 percent of the stock of which is 
                  owned by one or more socially and economically 
                  disadvantaged individuals; and
                      ``(II) whose management and daily business 
                  operations are controlled by one or more of such 
                  individuals.
          The contractor shall presume that socially and economically 
          disadvantaged individuals include Black Americans, Hispanic 
          Americans, Native Americans, Asian Pacific Americans, and other 
          minorities, or any other individual found to be disadvantaged 
          by the Administration pursuant to section 8(a) of the Small 
          Business Act.
              ``(iii) As used in this contract, the term `small business 
          concern owned and controlled by women' means a small business 
          concern--
                      ``(I) which is at least 51 percent owned by one or 
                  more women; or, in the case of any publicly owned 
                  business, at least 51 percent of the stock of which is 
                  owned by one or more women; and
                      ``(II) whose management and daily business 
                  operations are controlled by such women.
          The contractor shall presume that women have been subjected to 
          gender based discrimination and may determine whether a small 
          business concern meets the percentage requirements under 
          subclause (I) without regard to the community property laws of 
          any jurisdiction.''.
      (c) Conforming Amendments.--Section 8(d) of the Small Business Act 
  (15 U.S.C. 637(d)) is amended by inserting ``, small business concerns 
  owned and controlled by women,'' after ``small business concerns'' the 
  first place it appears in paragraphs (3)(D), (4)(D), (4)(E), (6)(A), 
  (6)(C), (6)(F), (10)(B), and (11).
      (d) Exclusion.--No business concern shall be deemed eligible for 
  any contract or other assistance pursuant to section 2323 of title 10, 
  United States Code, due solely to the provisions of this section.
  
  SEC. 5. WOMEN-IN-BUSINESS SPECIALISTS.
  
      Section 15(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)) is 
  amended--
              (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(k)'';
              (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), 
          (6), (7), (8), and (9) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), 
          (E), (F), (G), (H), and (I), respectively;
              (3) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (H) (as 
          redesignated);
              (4) in subparagraph (I) (as redesignated), by striking out 
          the period after ``Code'' and all that follows through ``shall 
          be made'' and inserting in lieu thereof a comma, and by 
          striking the period after ``contract file'' and inserting ``, 
          and'';
              (5) by inserting after subparagraph (I) (as redesignated) 
          the following new subparagraph:
              ``(J) subject to paragraph (2)(A), designate an employee of 
          such office to be a women-in-business specialist responsible 
          for the implementation and execution of programs designed to 
          assist small business concerns owned and controlled by 
          women.'';
              (6) by designating the last sentence as paragraph (2); and
              (7) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
      ``(3)(A) The Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business 
  Utilization in a Federal agency shall ensure that the women-in-business 
  specialist designated pursuant to paragraph (1)(J) has sufficient 
  knowledge of small business concerns owned and controlled by women and 
  the Federal procurement process, other appropriate qualifications, and 
  appropriate training from the Office of Women's Business Ownership to 
  effectively carry out the specialist's responsibilities under this Act.
      ``(B) Each women-in-business specialist designated pursuant to 
  paragraph (1)(J) in a Federal agency shall work full time to initiate 
  and execute programs to assist small business concerns owned and 
  controlled by women in participating in the performance of contracts 
  let by the agency. The specialist shall--
              ``(i) respond to requests from small business concerns 
          owned and controlled by women;
              ``(ii) identify and solicit offers from small business 
          concerns owned and controlled by women, as required under 
          section 15(p) of this Act, through means such as sending 
          solicitation packages to such concerns for each proposed 
          contract for which such concerns may be eligible to compete and 
          holding workshops on procurement for such concerns; and
              ``(iii) regularly monitor the agency's progress toward 
          meeting the annual goal established under subsection (g) for 
          participation by small business concerns owned and controlled 
          by women.''.
  
  SEC. 6. OUTREACH.
  
      Section 15 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644) is amended by 
  adding at the end the following new subsection:
      ``(p) Each Federal agency having procurement powers shall engage in 
  affirmative efforts to identify and solicit offers from small business 
  concerns owned and controlled by women and the small business concerns 
  owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged 
  individuals. To the maximum extent practicable, a representative number 
  of such concerns shall receive solicitation packages for each proposed 
  acquisition for which such concerns may be eligible to compete.''.
  
  SEC. 7. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OFFICE OF WOMEN'S BUSINESS OWNERSHIP.
  
      The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended by adding 
  at the end the following new section:
  
  ``SEC. 28. OFFICE OF WOMEN'S BUSINESS OWNERSHIP.
  
      ``(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Small Business 
  Administration the Office of Women's Business Ownership (hereinafter in 
  this section referred to as the `Office').
      ``(b) Director.--The Director of the Office (hereinafter in this 
  section referred to as the `Director') shall be appointed by the 
  Administrator not later than sixty days after the date of the enactment 
  of this section.
      ``(c) Functions.--The Director shall perform the following 
  functions:
              ``(1) Promote, coordinate, and monitor the plans, programs, 
          and operations of Federal departments and agencies which may 
          contribute to the establishment, preservation, and 
          strengthening of small business concerns owned and controlled 
          by women. The Director may, as appropriate, develop 
          comprehensive interagency plans and specific program goals for 
          small business concerns owned and controlled by women with the 
          cooperation of the departments and agencies.
              ``(2) Establish policies, definitions, procedures, and 
          guidelines to govern the implementation, interpretation, and 
          application of this section, and generally perform such 
          functions and take such steps as the Director may consider to 
          be necessary or appropriate to carry out this section.
              ``(3) Promote the mobilization of activities and resources 
          of State and local governments, business and trade 
          associations, private industry, colleges and universities, 
          foundations, professional organizations, and volunteer and 
          other groups toward the growth of small business concerns owned 
          and controlled by women, and facilitate the coordination of the 
          efforts of such groups with those of Federal departments and 
          agencies.
              ``(4) Make an annual assessment of the progress made in the 
          Federal Government toward assisting small business concerns 
          owned and controlled by women to enter the mainstream of 
          business ownership and provide recommendations for future 
          actions to the Administrator.
              ``(5) Convene and consult (as necessary) with persons 
          inside and outside government to develop and promote new ideas 
          concerning the development of small business concerns owned and 
          controlled by women.
              ``(6) Consider the findings and recommendations of 
          government and private sector investigations and studies of the 
          problems of women entrepreneurs, and promote further research 
          into such problems.
              ``(7) Monitor the contracting and subcontracting 
          performance of each department, agency, and business enterprise 
          participating under this section.
              ``(8) Promote access and participation for small business 
          concerns owned and controlled by women to a fair proportion of 
          the broad array of purchases and contracts for property and 
          services for the Federal Government.
              ``(9) Provide training as needed to women-in-business 
          specialists designated pursuant to section 15(k)(1)(J) to carry 
          out their responsibilities under this Act.''.
  
  SEC. 8. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REPORT.
  
      (a) Report Requirement.--Not later than 3 years after the date of 
  the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to 
  Congress a report comparing the number of small business concerns owned 
  and controlled by women procuring Federal contracts during the year 
  preceding the date of the enactment of this Act with the number of such 
  businesses during each of the 3 years occurring after such date. If the 
  number of such businesses did not increase significantly by the end of 
  the 3-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
  the Comptroller General shall include in the report recommendations on 
  actions that could be taken to increase the number.
      (b) Sense of Congress.--If the report required under subsection (a) 
  shows that the number of small business concerns owned and controlled 
  by women did not increase significantly by the end of the 3-year period 
  beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, it is the sense of 
  Congress that further legislative steps should be taken to ensure that 
  the number of Federal contracts entered into with small business 
  concerns owned and controlled by women realistically reflects the 
  potential of such business concerns to perform Federal contracting and 
  subcontracting work.
target: Women's Business Procurement Assistance Act of 1993 - Amends the Small Business Act to require the President and the head of each Federal agency to include small business concerns owned and controlled by women within the Federal procurement contract process. 
  Declares that it is the policy of the United States that such business concerns should have the maximum opportunity to participate in the Federal procurement contract process. 
  Requires the Director of the Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization section in each Federal agency to designate a "women-in-business" specialist responsible for the execution of programs designed to assist small business concerns owned and controlled by women.  Requires that each such specialist: (1) possess the appropriate knowledge, qualifications, and training for such position; and (2) work full-time in such position. 
  Establishes in the Small Business Administration the Office of Women's Business Ownership. 
  Directs the Comptroller General to report to the Congress on the number of small businesses owned and controlled by women procuring Federal contracts.  Expresses the sense of the Congress that if the number of such businesses procuring such contracts does not rise significantly, then further legislative steps should be taken.
feat_title: Women's Business Procurement Assistance Act of 1993