19.1500  General.

9.  Amend section 19.1500 by revising paragraph (b) and adding paragraph (c) to read as follows:

19.1500  General.

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(b)  The purpose of the WOSB Program is to ensure women-owned small business concerns have an equal opportunity to participate in Federal contracting and to assist agencies in achieving their women-owned small business participation goals (see 13 part CFR 127).

(c)  An economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) concern or WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program is a subcategory of "women-owned small business concern" as defined in 2.101.