COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP.

SEC. 304. COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP. Section 407 of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 631 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking “and Amendments Act of 1994” and inserting “Act of 1997”; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking “and Amendments Act of 1994” and inserting “Act of 1997”; (B) by inserting after “the Administrator shall” the following: “, after receiving the recommendations of the Chairman and the Ranking Member of the Committees on Small Business of the House of Representatives and the Senate,”; (C) by striking “9” and inserting “14”; (D) in paragraph (1), by striking “2” and inserting “4”. (E) in paragraph (2), by striking “2” and inserting “4”; and (F) in paragraph (3)— (i) by striking “5” and inserting “6”; (ii) by striking “national”; and (iii) by inserting “, including representatives of women’s business center sites” before the period at the end; (3) in subsection (c), by inserting “(including both urban and rural areas)” after “geographic”; 111 STAT. 2610 (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.”.