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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 936 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 22, 2023 

Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mr. CARDIN, and Mr. COONS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small 

Business and Entrepreneurship 

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. 

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 ‘‘Supporting Small 

5 Business and Career and Technical Education Act of 

6 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDU2 CATION. 

3 (a) DEFINITION.—Section 3 of the Small Business 

4 Act (15 U.S.C. 632) is amended by adding at the end the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(gg) CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.—The 

7 term ‘career and technical education’ has the meaning 

8 given the term in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career 

9 and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302).’’. 

10 (b) SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.— 

11 Section 21(c)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

12 648(c)(3)) is amended— 

13 (1) in subparagraph (T), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

14 the end; 

15 (2) in clause (v) of the first subparagraph (U) 

16 (relating to succession planning), by striking the pe17 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

18 (3) by redesignating the second subparagraph 

19 (U) (relating to training on domestic and inter20 national intellectual property protections) as sub21 paragraph (V); 

22 (4) in subparagraph (V)(ii)(II), as so redesig23 nated, by striking the period at the end and insert24 ing a semicolon; and 

25 (5) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(W) assisting small business concerns in 

2 hiring graduates from career and technical edu3 cation programs or programs of study; and 

4 ‘‘(X) assisting graduates of career and 

5 technical education programs or programs of 

6 study in starting up a small business concern.’’. 

7 (c) WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTERS.—Section 29(b) of 

8 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(b)) is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

10 end; 

11 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 

12 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

13 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(4) assistance for small business concerns to 

15 hire graduates from career and technical education 

16 programs or programs of study; and 

17 ‘‘(5) assistance for graduates of career and 

18 technical education programs or programs of study 

19 to start up a small business concern.’’. 

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