Bill Details
HR.1642 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-06-04 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Introduced Date
2025-02-26
Policy Area
Commerce
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This bill would update federal small business support programs so they help connect businesses with students and graduates from career and technical education programs. It would require Small Business Development Centers and Women’s Business Centers to give businesses information about hiring these graduates, explain which training programs match a business’s needs, and help connect businesses with local career and technical education programs. It would also help students and graduates learn about the support these centers offer if they want to start or grow a small business.
- It adds a formal definition of career and technical education to the Small Business Act.
- Small Business Development Centers would be asked to share information with businesses about hiring from career and technical education programs and using those programs to meet hiring needs.
- These centers would also help career and technical education programs understand how students and graduates can use small business services to start or expand a business.
- Women’s Business Centers would have similar duties for women-owned small businesses, including sharing hiring information, connecting businesses with training programs, and helping students and graduates find career opportunities.
Official Summaries
Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025
This bill requires Small Business Development Centers and Women's Business Centers to provide educational information to small businesses about hiring graduates of career and technical education programs.
This includes, as appropriate, connecting small businesses with career and technical education programs to assist students and graduates of such programs with identifying career opportunities.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1642 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1642
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 4, 2025
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 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.