119-hr1642

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1642 Referred in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1642

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 June 4, 2025

 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business 
 and Entrepreneurship

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 AN ACT

 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.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Connecting Small Businesses with 
Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025''.

SEC. 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 information to small businesses 
 on--
 ``
            (i) hiring graduates from career and technical 
 education programs; and
 ``
            (ii) career and technical education programs 
 relevant to such businesses, including how to use such 
 programs to satisfy hiring needs of such businesses;
 ``
            (X) providing information to career and technical 
 education programs about how students and graduates of such 
 programs can access resources and services of small business 
 development centers to start and expand a small business 
 concern; and
 ``
        (Y) as appropriate, connecting small businesses with 
 career and technical education programs to assist students and 
 graduates of such programs with identifying career 
 opportunities.''.
            (c) Women's Business Centers.--

Section 29

    (b) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 656

    (b) ) is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (2) , by striking ``and'' at the end;

    (2) in paragraph

    (3) , by striking the period at the end and 
 inserting a semicolon; and

    (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
 ``

    (4) providing educational information to small business 
 concerns owned and controlled by women on--
 ``
        (A) hiring graduates from career and technical 
 education programs; and
 ``
        (B) career and technical education programs 
 relevant to such concerns, including how to use such 
 programs to satisfy hiring needs of such concerns;
 ``

    (5) providing information to career and technical 
 education programs about how students and graduates of such 
 programs can access resources and services of women's business 
 centers to start and expand a small business concern; and
 ``

    (6) as appropriate, connecting small business concerns 
 owned and controlled by women with career and technical 
 education programs to assist students

 and graduates of such programs with identifying career 
 opportunities.''.

 Passed the House of Representatives June 3, 2025.

 Attest:

 KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

 Clerk.