§7103 Membership of the Interagency Committee

Summary

Create an Interagency Committee with one representative from each of these: Commerce; Defense; Health and Human Services; Labor; Small Business Administration; Transportation; Treasury; General Services Administration; the Federal Reserve Board; and the President’s executive policymaking staff. Each agency head must, not later than 45 days after December 2, 1997, pick a policymaking official who reports directly to them about the committee’s work. The SBA’s representative must be the Assistant Administrator for the Office of Women’s Business Ownership, who will be vice chair and the liaison to the National Women’s Business Council. Other federal officials may join temporarily when needed. The President, after consulting the SBA Administrator, must appoint one member as chair not later than 45 days after December 2, 1997. Members receive no extra pay. If the chair asks, an agency head may assign staff to help the committee and may do so without following section 3341 of title 5.