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[CITE: 15USC7106]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
           CHAPTER 97--WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
 
Sec. 7106. Duties of the Council


(a) In general

    The Council shall advise and consult with the Interagency Committee 
on matters relating to the activities, functions, and policies of the 
Interagency Committee, as provided in this chapter. The Council shall 
meet jointly with the Interagency Committee at the discretion of the 
chairperson of the Council and the chairperson of the Interagency 
Committee, but not less than biannually.

(b) Meetings

    The Council shall meet separately at such times as the Council deems 
necessary. A majority of the members of the Council shall constitute a 
quorum for the approval of recommendations or reports issued pursuant to 
this section.

(c) Recommendations

    The Council shall make annual recommendations for consideration by 
the Interagency Committee. The Council shall also provide reports and 
make such other recommendations as it deems appropriate to the 
Interagency Committee, to the President, to the Administrator (through 
the Assistant Administrator of the Office of Women's Business 
Ownership), and to the Committees on Small Business of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives.

(d) Other duties

    The Council shall--
        (1) review, coordinate, and monitor plans and programs developed 
    in the public and private sectors, which affect the ability of 
    women-owned business enterprises to obtain capital and credit;
        (2) promote and assist in the development of a women's business 
    census and other surveys of women-owned businesses;
        (3) monitor and promote the plans, programs, and operations of 
    the departments and agencies of the Federal Government which may 
    contribute to the establishment and growth of women's business 
    enterprise;
        (4) develop and promote new initiatives, policies, programs, and 
    plans designed to foster women's business enterprise;
        (5) advise and consult with the Interagency Committee in the 
    design of a comprehensive plan for a joint public-private sector 
    effort to facilitate growth and development of women's business 
    enterprise;
        (6) not later than 90 days after the last day of each fiscal 
    year, submit to the President and to the Committee on Small Business 
    of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of 
    Representatives, a report containing--
            (A) a detailed description of the activities of the 
        council,\1\ including a status report on the Council's progress 
        toward meeting its duties outlined in subsections (a) and (d) of 
        this section;
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be capitalized.
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            (B) the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the 
        Council; and
            (C) the Council's recommendations for such legislation and 
        administrative actions as the Council considers appropriate to 
        promote the development of small business concerns owned and 
        controlled by women.

(e) Form of transmittal

    The information included in each report under subsection (d) of this 
section that is described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of subsection 
(d)(6) of this section, shall be reported verbatim, together with any 
separate additional, concurring, or dissenting views of the 
Administrator.

(Pub. L. 100-533, title IV, Sec. 406, as added Pub. L. 103-403, title 
IV, Sec. 413, Oct. 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 4195; amended Pub. L. 105-135, 
title III, Sec. 303, Dec. 2, 1997, 111 Stat. 2609.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 406 of Pub. L. 100-533, title IV, Oct. 25, 1988, 102 
Stat. 2696, related to requirement of reports to the President and 
Congress by the National Women's Business Council, prior to the general 
amendment of title IV of Pub. L. 100-533 by Pub. L. 103-403.


                               Amendments

    1997--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105-135, Sec. 303(1), inserted ``(through 
the Assistant Administrator of the Office of Women's Business 
Ownership)'' after ``Administrator''.
    Subsec. (d)(6). Pub. L. 105-135, Sec. 303(2), added par. (6).
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 105-135, Sec. 303(2), added subsec. (e).


                    Effective Date of 1997 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 105-135 effective Oct. 1, 1997, see section 3 
of Pub. L. 105-135, set out as a note under section 631 of this title.
