The record

LegislationLegislation· Jun 2025
HR 1816 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Nydia M. Velázquez (D)

WOSB Accountability Act

Requires federal agencies to count only officially certified women-owned small businesses toward contracting goals.

Tradeoff

Tightens which women-owned small businesses count toward federal procurement targets by excluding self-certified firms. Temporarily includes self-certified businesses that have filed for official certification while their applications are pending.

What's in it

See official bill text

Costs less than $500,000 over the 2025-2030 period.

The $500,000 is the federal cost to update SBA regulations and produce quarterly reports—the policy's real impact is on women-owned small businesses that self-certify, which will be excluded from federal contracting goal counts.

H.R. 1816, WOSB Accountability Act · Apr 2025

Passed the House by on June 3, 2025 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Mar 3, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Small Business(Mar 3, 2025)

  3. House

    The Committee on Small Business voted to send it to the floor

    Reported 25 - 0(Mar 5, 2025)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-37.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Jun 3, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Small Business and Entrepreneurship(Jun 4, 2025)