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2		-	Union Calendar No. 25
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3	2		119THCONGRESS
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5	4		STSESSION H. R. 1642
6		-	[Report No. 119–36]
7	5		To amend the Small Business Act to include requirements relating to grad-
8	6		uates of career and technical education programs for small business
9	7		development centers and women’s business centers, and for other pur-
10	8		poses.
11	9		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
12	10		FEBRUARY26, 2025
13	11		Mr. W
14	12		ILLIAMSof Texas (for himself, Mr. OLSZEWSKI, Mr. BRESNAHAN, Mr.
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16	14		RAN, and Mr. WIED) introduced the following bill; which was referred
17	15		to the Committee on Small Business
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19		-	ARCH24, 2025
20		-	Additional sponsor: Ms. G
21		-	OODLANDER
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23		-	ARCH24, 2025
24		-	Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
25		-	and ordered to be printed
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29	16		A BILL
30	17		To amend the Small Business Act to include requirements
31	18		relating to graduates of career and technical education
32	19		programs for small business development centers and
33	20		women’s business centers, and for other purposes.
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37	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
38	22		tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
39	23		SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
40	24		This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Connecting Small 4
41	25		Businesses with Career and Technical Education Grad-5
42	26		uates Act of 2025’’. 6
43		-	SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDU-7
44		-	CATION. 8
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	31	+	CATION. 2
45	32		(a) D
46		-	EFINITION.—Section 3 of the Small Business 9
47		-	Act (15 U.S.C. 632) is amended by adding at the end the 10
48		-	following new subsection: 11
	33	+	EFINITION.—Section 3 of the Small Business 3
	34	+	Act (15 U.S.C. 632) is amended by adding at the end the 4
	35	+	following new subsection: 5
49	36		‘‘(gg) C
50		-	AREER ANDTECHNICALEDUCATION.—The 12
51		-	term ‘career and technical education’ has the meaning 13
52		-	given the term in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career 14
53		-	and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302).’’. 15
	37	+	AREER ANDTECHNICALEDUCATION.—The 6
	38	+	term ‘career and technical education’ has the meaning 7
	39	+	given the term in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career 8
	40	+	and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302).’’. 9
54	41		(b) S
55		-	MALLBUSINESSDEVELOPMENT CENTERS.— 16
56		-	Section 21(c)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 17
57		-	648(c)(1)) is amended— 18
58		-	(1) in subparagraph (T), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 19
59		-	the end; 20
60		-	(2) in clause (v) of the first subparagraph (U) 21
61		-	(relating to succession planning), by striking the pe-22
62		-	riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; 23
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66		-	(3) in second subparagraph (U) (relating to 1
67		-	training on domestic and international intellectual 2
68		-	property protections)— 3
69		-	(A) in clause (ii)(II), by striking the period 4
70		-	at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 5
71		-	(B) by redesignating such subparagraph as 6
72		-	subparagraph (V); and 7
73		-	(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-8
74		-	paragraphs: 9
75		-	‘‘(W) providing educational information to 10
76		-	small businesses on— 11
77		-	‘‘(i) hiring graduates from career and tech-12
78		-	nical education programs; and 13
79		-	‘‘(ii) career and technical education pro-14
80		-	grams relevant to such businesses, including 15
81		-	how to use such programs to satisfy hiring 16
82		-	needs of such businesses; 17
83		-	‘‘(X) providing information to career and tech-18
84		-	nical education programs about how students and 19
85		-	graduates of such programs can access resources 20
86		-	and services of small business development centers 21
87		-	to start and expand a small business concern; and 22
88		-	‘‘(Y) as appropriate, connecting small busi-23
89		-	nesses with career and technical education programs 24
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93		-	to assist students and graduates of such programs 1
94		-	with identifying career opportunities.’’. 2
	42	+	MALLBUSINESSDEVELOPMENT CENTERS.— 10
	43	+	Section 21(c)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 11
	44	+	648(c)(1)) is amended— 12
	45	+	(1) in subparagraph (T), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 13
	46	+	the end; 14
	47	+	(2) in clause (v) of the first subparagraph (U) 15
	48	+	(relating to succession planning), by striking the pe-16
	49	+	riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; 17
	50	+	(3) in second subparagraph (U) (relating to 18
	51	+	training on domestic and international intellectual 19
	52	+	property protections)— 20
	53	+	(A) in clause (ii)(II), by striking the period 21
	54	+	at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 22
	55	+	(B) by redesignating such subparagraph as 23
	56	+	subparagraph (V); and 24
	57	+	(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-25
	58	+	paragraphs: 26
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	62	+	‘‘(W) providing educational information to 1
	63	+	small businesses on— 2
	64	+	‘‘(i) hiring graduates from career and 3
	65	+	technical education programs; and 4
	66	+	‘‘(ii) career and technical education 5
	67	+	programs relevant to such businesses, in-6
	68	+	cluding how to use such programs to sat-7
	69	+	isfy hiring needs of such businesses; 8
	70	+	‘‘(X) providing information to career and 9
	71	+	technical education programs about how stu-10
	72	+	dents and graduates of such programs can ac-11
	73	+	cess resources and services of small business de-12
	74	+	velopment centers to start and expand a small 13
	75	+	business concern; and 14
	76	+	‘‘(Y) as appropriate, connecting small busi-15
	77	+	nesses with career and technical education pro-16
	78	+	grams to assist students and graduates of such 17
	79	+	programs with identifying career opportuni-18
	80	+	ties.’’. 19
95	81		(c) W
96		-	OMEN’SBUSINESSCENTERS.—Section 29(b) of 3
97		-	the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(b)) is amended— 4
98		-	(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 5
99		-	end; 6
100		-	(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 7
101		-	the end and inserting a semicolon; and 8
102		-	(3) by adding at the end the following new 9
103		-	paragraphs: 10
104		-	‘‘(4) providing educational information to small 11
105		-	business concerns owned and controlled by women 12
106		-	on— 13
107		-	‘‘(A) hiring graduates from career and 14
108		-	technical education programs; and 15
109		-	‘‘(B) career and technical education pro-16
110		-	grams relevant to such concerns, including how 17
111		-	to use such programs to satisfy hiring needs of 18
112		-	such concerns; 19
113		-	‘‘(5) providing information to career and tech-20
114		-	nical education programs about how students and 21
115		-	graduates of such programs can access resources 22
116		-	and services of women’s business centers to start 23
117		-	and expand a small business concern; and 24
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121		-	‘‘(6) as appropriate, connecting small business 1
122		-	concerns owned and controlled by women with career 2
123		-	and technical education programs to assist students 3
124		-	and graduates of such programs with identifying ca-4
125		-	reer opportunities.’’. 5
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129		-	25
130		-	119
131		-	TH
132		-	CONGRESS
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134		-	ST
135		-	S
136		-	ESSION
137		-
138		-	H. R. 1642
139		-	[Report No. 119–36]
140		-	A BILL
141		-	To amend the Small Business Act to include re-
142		-	quirements relating to graduates of career and
143		-	technical education programs for small business
144		-	development centers and women’s business cen-
145		-	ters, and for other purposes.
146		-	M
147		-	ARCH
148		-	24, 2025
149		-	Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
150		-	State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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	82	+	OMEN’SBUSINESSCENTERS.—Section 29(b) of 20
	83	+	the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(b)) is amended— 21
	84	+	(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 22
	85	+	end; 23
	86	+	(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 24
	87	+	the end and inserting a semicolon; and 25
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	91	+	(3) by adding at the end the following new 1
	92	+	paragraphs: 2
	93	+	‘‘(4) providing educational information to small 3
	94	+	business concerns owned and controlled by women 4
	95	+	on— 5
	96	+	‘‘(A) hiring graduates from career and 6
	97	+	technical education programs; and 7
	98	+	‘‘(B) career and technical education pro-8
	99	+	grams relevant to such concerns, including how 9
	100	+	to use such programs to satisfy hiring needs of 10
	101	+	such concerns; 11
	102	+	‘‘(5) providing information to career and tech-12
	103	+	nical education programs about how students and 13
	104	+	graduates of such programs can access resources 14
	105	+	and services of women’s business centers to start 15
	106	+	and expand a small business concern; and 16
	107	+	‘‘(6) as appropriate, connecting small business 17
	108	+	concerns owned and controlled by women with career 18
	109	+	and technical education programs to assist students 19
	110	+	and graduates of such programs with identifying ca-20
	111	+	reer opportunities.’’. 21
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