§ 7108. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC7108]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 97--WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 7108. Definitions
For purposes of this chapter--
(1) the term ``Administration'' means the Small Business
Administration;
(2) the term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of the
Small Business Administration;
(3) the term ``control'' means exercising the power to make
policy decisions concerning a business;
(4) the term ``Council'' means the National Women's Business
Council, established under section 7105 of this title;
(5) the term ``Interagency Committee'' means the Interagency
Committee on Women's Business Enterprise, established under section
7101 of this title;
(6) the term ``operate'' means being actively involved in the
day-to-day management of a business;
(7) the term ``women's business enterprise'' means--
(A) a business or businesses owned by a woman or a group of
women; or
(B) the establishment, maintenance, or development of a
business or businesses by a woman or a group of women; and
(8) the term ``women-owned business'' means a small business
which a woman or a group of women--
(A) control and operate; and
(B) own not less than 51 percent of the business.
(Pub. L. 100-533, title IV, Sec. 408, as added Pub. L. 103-403, title
IV, Sec. 413, Oct. 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 4197.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 656 of this title.
