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 Ill STAT. 2610 PUBLIC LAW 105-135—DEC. 2, 1997 (4) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following: "(d) TERMS.— Each member of the Council shall be appointed for a term of 3 years, except that, of the initial members appointed to the Council— "(1) 2 members appointed under subsection (b)(1) shall be appointed for a term of 1 year; "(2) 2 members appointed under subsection (b)(2) shall be appointed for a term of 1 year; and "(3) each member appointed under subsection (b)(3) shall be appointed for a term of 2 years."; and (5) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the following: "(f) VACANCIES. — "(1) IN GENERAL.— A vacancy on the Council shall be filled not later than 30 days after the date on which the vacancy occurs, in the manner in which the original appointment was made, and shall be subject to any conditions that applied to the original appointment. "(2) UNEXPIRED TERM.—An individual chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed for the unexpired term of the member replaced.". SEC. 305. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. Section 409 of the Women's Business Ownership Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 631 note) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 411. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. "(a) IN GENERAL. —There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title $600,000, for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2000, of which $200,000 shall be available in each fiscal year to carry out sections 409 and 410. "(b) BUDGET REVIEW. — 'No amount made available under this section for any fiscal year may be obligated or expended by the Council before the date on which the Council reviews and approves the operating budget of the Council to carry out the responsibilities of the Council for that fiscal year.". SEC. 306. NATIONAL WOMEN'S BUSINESS COUNCIL PROCUREMENT PROJECT. The Women's Business Ownership Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 631 note) is amended by inserting after section 408 the following: " SEC. 409. NATIONAL WOMEN'S BUSINESS COUNCIL PROCUREMENT PROJECT. "(a) FEDERAL PROCUREMENT STUDY.— "(1) IN GENERAL. —During the first fiscal year for which amounts are made available to carry out this section, the Council shall conduct a study on the award of Federal prime contracts and subcontracts to women-owned businesses, which study shall include— "(A) an analysis of data collected by Federal agencies on contract awards to women-owned businesses; "(B) a determination of the degree to which individual Federal agencies are in compliance with the 5 percent women-owned business procurement goal established by section 15(g)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)(1));

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