Supporting Small Business and Career and Technical Education Act of 2023

Supporting Small Business and Career and Technical Education Act of 2023

This bill includes within the responsibilities of Small Business Development Centers and Women's Business Centers the provision of assistance to small businesses in hiring graduates from career and technical education programs and to graduates of such programs in starting small businesses.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1730 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1730

  To amend the Small Business Act to include requirements relating to 
  graduates of career and technical education programs or programs of 
   study for small business development centers and women's business 
                    centers, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 22, 2023

   Mr. Williams of Texas (for himself and Ms. Perez) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Small Business Act to include requirements relating to 
  graduates of career and technical education programs or programs of 
   study 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 ``Supporting Small Business and Career 
and Technical Education Act of 2023''.

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) assisting small businesses in hiring 
                graduates from career and technical education programs 
                or programs of study; and
                    ``(X) assisting graduates of career and technical 
                education programs or programs of study in starting up 
                a small business concern.''.
    (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) assistance for small business concerns to hire 
        graduates from career and technical education programs or 
        programs of study; and
            ``(5) assistance for graduates of career and technical 
        education programs or programs of study to start up a small 
        business concern.''.
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