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Latest Action: 09/20/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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Recognizing the wine and winegrape industry of Texas for having an economic impact of $1,000,000,000 on the economy of Texas.

9/20/2007--Introduced.

Recognizes the wine and winegrape industry of Texas for its economic impact of $1 billion on the economy of Texas.

Latest Action: 09/18/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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Celebrating the outstanding contributions of California's wine industry to the State, the Nation and winemaking as a whole and supporting the goals and ideals of "California Wine Month".

9/18/2007--Introduced.

Recognizes the outstanding contributions of California's wine industry to the state, the nation, and winemaking as a whole.

Supports the goals of California Wine Month.

Latest Action: 02/07/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S790-791)

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A bill to make improvements to the Small Business Act. 2/7/2008--Introduced. Small Business Women's Procurement Program Improvement Act - Amends the Small Business Act relating to the women's procurement program (the provision of contracting opportunities for women-owned small businesses) to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to wait until five years after the program is implemented before conducting a required study to identify industries in which small businesses owned and controlled by women are underrepresented with respect to federal procurement contracting (and therefore eligible for contracting preferences or set-asides). Presumes as underrepresented by women-owned small businesses the industries identified in industry codes 11 through 81 of the 2007 North American Industry Classification System Code. States that a contracting officer need not make a finding of past gender discrimination by a contracting agency in order to comply [...]

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Latest Action: 02/07/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S790-791)

Bill Text
A bill to make improvements to the Small Business Act. 2/7/2008--Introduced. Small Business Women's Procurement Program Improvement Act - Amends the Small Business Act relating to the women's procurement program (the provision of contracting opportunities for women-owned small businesses) to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to wait until five years after the program is implemented before conducting a required study to identify industries in which small businesses owned and controlled by women are underrepresented with respect to federal procurement contracting (and therefore eligible for contracting preferences or set-asides). Presumes as underrepresented by women-owned small businesses the industries identified in industry codes 11 through 81 of the 2007 North American Industry Classification System Code. States that a contracting officer need not make a finding of past gender discrimination by a contracting agency in order to comply [...]

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Latest Action: 09/20/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Bill Text
Recognizing the wine and winegrape industry of Texas for having an economic impact of $1,000,000,000 on the economy of Texas.

9/20/2007--Introduced.

Recognizes the wine and winegrape industry of Texas for its economic impact of $1 billion on the economy of Texas.

Latest Action: 09/18/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Bill Text
Celebrating the outstanding contributions of California's wine industry to the State, the Nation and winemaking as a whole and supporting the goals and ideals of "California Wine Month".

9/18/2007--Introduced.

Recognizes the outstanding contributions of California's wine industry to the state, the nation, and winemaking as a whole.

Supports the goals of California Wine Month.