Legislative Oversight

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1642

Official text excerpt

119 HR 1642 IH: Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025 
 U.S. House of Representatives 
 2025-02-26 
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 
 
 
 
 I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1642 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 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. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025 . 2. Inclusion of career and technical education (a) Definition Section 3 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (gg) Career and technical education The term career and technical education has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( 20 U.S.C. 2302 ). . (b) Small business development centers Section 21(c)(3) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 648(c)(1) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (T), by striking and at the end; (2) in clause (v) of the first subparagraph (U) (relating to succession planning), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; (3) in second subparagraph (U) (relating to training on domestic and international intellectual property protections)— (A) in clause (ii)(II), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (B) by redesignating such subparagraph as subparagraph (V); and (4) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: (W) providing educational informatio…

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