H.R. 7664

Supporting Small Business and Career and Technical Education Act of 2022

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117th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 7664

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 9, 2022

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

AN ACT

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.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Supporting Small Business and Career and Technical Education Act of 2022.

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).

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(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.

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(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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Passed the House of Representatives June 8, 2022.

Cheryl L. Johnson,

Clerk.