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15 U.S.C. § 7108

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For purposes of this chapter—
  1. (1)the term “Administration” means the Small Business Administration;
  2. (2)the term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Small Business Administration;
  3. (3)the term “control” means exercising the power to make policy decisions concerning a business;
  4. (4)the term “Council” means the National Women’s Business Council, established under section 7105 of this title;
  5. (5)the term “Interagency Committee” means the Interagency Committee on Women’s Business Enterprise, established under section 7101 of this title;
  6. (6)the term “operate” means being actively involved in the day-to-day management of a business;
  7. (7)the term “women’s business enterprise” means—
    1. (A)a business or businesses owned by a woman or a group of women; or
    2. (B)the establishment, maintenance, or development of a business or businesses by a woman or a group of women; and
  8. (8)the term “women-owned business” means a small business which a woman or a group of women—
    1. (A)control and operate; and
    2. (B)own not less than 51 percent of the business.