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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1387

To amend the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small 

Business Administration to establish a vocational and technical entrepreneurship development program. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 20, 2003

Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Small Business 

A BILL

To amend the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish 

a vocational and technical entrepreneurship development 

program.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Vocational and Tech5 nical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2003’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL ENTREPRENEUR2 SHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Small Business Act (15 

4 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended—

5 (1) by redesignating section 36 as section 37; 

6 and 

7 (2) by inserting after section 35 the following 

8 new section: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 36. VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL ENTREPRENEUR10 SHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 

11 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following 

12 definitions apply: 

13 ‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis14 trator’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi15 ness Administration. 

16 ‘‘(2) ASSOCIATION.—The term ‘Association’ 

17 means the association of small business development 

18 centers recognized under section 21(a)(3)(A). 

19 ‘‘(3) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means 

20 the program established under subsection (b). 

21 ‘‘(4) SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CEN22 TER.—The term ‘small business development center’ 

23 means a small business development center described 

24 in section 21. 

25 ‘‘(5) STATE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

26 CENTER.—The term ‘State small business develop-
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1 ment center’ means a small business development 

2 center from each State selected by the Adminis3 trator, in consultation with the Association and giv4 ing substantial weight to the Association’s rec5 ommendations, to carry out the program on a state6 wide basis in such State. 

7 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—In accordance with this sec8 tion, the Administrator shall establish a program under 

9 which the Administrator shall make grants to State small 

10 business development centers to enable such centers to 

11 provide, on a statewide basis, technical assistance to sec12 ondary schools, or to postsecondary vocational or technical 

13 schools, for the development and implementation of cur14 ricula designed to promote vocational and technical entre15 preneurship. 

16 ‘‘(c) MINIMUM GRANT.—The Administrator may 

17 make no grant under the program for an amount less than 

18 $200,000. 

19 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—Each State small business de20 velopment center seeking a grant under the program shall 

21 submit to the Administrator an application in such form 

22 as the Administrator may require. The application shall 

23 include information regarding the applicant’s goals and 

24 objectives for the educational programs to be assisted. 
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1 ‘‘(e) REPORT TO ADMINISTRATOR.—The Adminis2 trator shall make a condition of each grant under the pro3 gram that not later than 18 months after the receipt of 

4 the grant the recipient shall transmit to the Administrator 

5 a report describing how the grant funds were used. 

6 ‘‘(f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND CON7 TRACTS.—The Administrator may enter into a cooperative 

8 agreement or contract with any State small business devel9 opment center receiving a grant under this section to pro10 vide additional assistance that furthers the purposes of 

11 this section. 

12 ‘‘(g) EVALUATION OF PROGRAM.—Not later than 

13 March 31, 2006, the Administrator shall transmit to Con14 gress a report containing an evaluation of the program. 

15 ‘‘(h) CLEARINGHOUSE.—The Association shall act as 

16 a clearinghouse of information and expertise regarding vo17 cational and technical entrepreneurship education pro18 grams. In each fiscal year in which grants are made under 

19 the program, the Administrator shall provide additional 

20 assistance to the Association to carry out the functions 

21 described in this subsection. 

22 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

23 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
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1 $7,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004, 2005, and 2006. 

2 Such sums shall remain available until expended.’’.

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