H.R. 1642, Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act (Report No. 119–36)
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H.R. 1642, the Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025, was introduced on February 26, 2025 by Mr. Williams of Texas with Mr. Olszewski, Mr. Bresnahan, Mr. Tran and Mr. Wied; Ms. Goodlander was added as a sponsor, and on March 24, 2025 it was reported (Report No. 119-36) and placed on the Union Calendar as No. 25. It adds a definition of career and technical education tied to the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006. Small business development centers and women's business centers would provide information on hiring graduates of career and technical education programs, tell those programs how students can use the centers to start and expand businesses, and connect businesses with the programs to help students find careers.
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Union Calendar No. 25
119TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1642
[Report No. 119–36]
To amend the Small Business Act to include requirements relating to grad-
uates of career and technical education programs for small business
development centers and women’s business centers, and for other pur-
poses.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas (for himself, Mr. OLSZEWSKI, Mr. BRESNAHAN, Mr.
TRAN, and Mr. WIED) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Small Business
MARCH 24, 2025
Additional sponsor: Ms. GOODLANDER
MARCH 24, 2025
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
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A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to include requirements
relating to graduates of career and technical education
programs for small business development centers and
women’s business centers, and for other purposes.
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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Connecting Small
5 Businesses with Career and Technical Education Grad-
6 uates Act of 2025’’.
7 SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDU-
8 CATION.
9 (a) DEFINITION.—Section 3 of the Small Business
10 Act (15 U.S.C. 632) is amended by adding at the end the
11 following new subsection:
12 ‘‘(gg) CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.—The
13 term ‘career and technical education’ has the meaning
14 given the term in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career
15 and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302).’’.
16 (b) SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.—
17 Section 21(c)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
18 648(c)(1)) is amended—
19 (1) in subparagraph (T), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
20 the end;
21 (2) in clause (v) of the first subparagraph (U)
22 (relating to succession planning), by striking the pe-
23 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon;
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1 (3) in second subparagraph (U) (relating to
2 training on domestic and international intellectual
3 property protections)—
4 (A) in clause (ii)(II), by striking the period
5 at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
6 (B) by redesignating such subparagraph as
7 subparagraph (V); and
8 (4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
9 paragraphs:
10 ‘‘(W) providing educational information to
11 small businesses on—
12 ‘‘(i) hiring graduates from career and tech-
13 nical education programs; and
14 ‘‘(ii) career and technical education pro-
15 grams relevant to such businesses, including
16 how to use such programs to satisfy hiring
17 needs of such businesses;
18 ‘‘(X) providing information to career and tech-
19 nical education programs about how students and
20 graduates of such programs can access resources
21 and services of small business development centers
22 to start and expand a small business concern; and
23 ‘‘(Y) as appropriate, connecting small busi-
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1 to assist students and graduates of such programs
2 with identifying career opportunities.’’.
3 (c) WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTERS.—Section 29(b) of
4 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(b)) is amended—
5 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
6 end;
7 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at
8 the end and inserting a semicolon; and
9 (3) by adding at the end the following new
10 paragraphs:
11 ‘‘(4) providing educational information to small
12 business concerns owned and controlled by women
13 on—
14 ‘‘(A) hiring graduates from career and
15 technical education programs; and
16 ‘‘(B) career and technical education pro-
17 grams relevant to such concerns, including how
18 to use such programs to satisfy hiring needs of
19 such concerns;
20 ‘‘(5) providing information to career and tech-
21 nical education programs about how students and
22 graduates of such programs can access resources
23 and services of women’s business centers to start
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1 ‘‘(6) as appropriate, connecting small business
2 concerns owned and controlled by women with career
3 and technical education programs to assist students
4 and graduates of such programs with identifying ca-
5 reer opportunities.’’.
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Union Calendar No. 25
119TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 1642
[Report No. 119–36]
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