15 USC § 7108 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s7108"
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title: "15 USC § 7108 - Definitions"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "7108"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 97
chapter_name: "WOMEN’S BUSINESS ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 100–533, title IV, § 408, as added Pub. L. 103–403, title IV, § 413, Oct. 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 4197.)"
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# § 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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 100–533, title IV, § 408, as added Pub. L. 103–403, title IV, § 413, Oct. 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 4197.)