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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 139 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 24, 2005 

Mr. KERRY 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 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 2005’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL ENTREPRENEUR2 SHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 

3 The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating section 37 as section 38; 

6 and 

7 (2) by inserting after section 36 the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 37. VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL ENTREPRENEUR9 SHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 

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

11 definitions shall apply: 

12 ‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis13 trator’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi14 ness Administration. 

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

16 means the association of small business development 

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

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

19 the program established under subsection (b). 

20 ‘‘(4) SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CEN21 TER.—The term ‘small business development center’ 

22 means a small business development center described 

23 in section 21. 

24 ‘‘(5) STATE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

25 CENTER.—The term ‘State small business develop26 ment center’ means a small business development 
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1 center from each State selected by the Adminis2 trator, in consultation with the Association and giv3 ing substantial weight to the Association’s rec4 ommendations, to carry out the program on a state5 wide basis in such State. 

6 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—In accordance with this sec7 tion, the Administrator shall establish a program under 

8 which the Administrator shall make grants to State small 

9 business development centers to enable such centers to 

10 provide, on a statewide basis, technical assistance to sec11 ondary schools, or to postsecondary vocational or technical 

12 schools, for the development and implementation of cur13 ricula designed to promote vocational and technical entre14 preneurship. 

15 ‘‘(c) GRANT AMOUNT.— 

16 ‘‘(1) MINIMUM GRANT.—Each grant awarded 

17 under the program shall be in an amount equal to 

18 not less than $200,000. 

19 ‘‘(2) NO MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Ad20 ministrator shall not require, as a condition of re21 ceiving a grant under this section, that the applicant 

22 provide a matching amount, either in cash or in-kind 

23 contributions. 

24 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—Each State small business de25 velopment center seeking a grant under the program shall 
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1 submit to the Administrator an application in such form 

2 as the Administrator may require. The application shall 

3 include information regarding the goals and objectives of 

4 the applicant for the educational programs to be assisted. 

5 ‘‘(e) REPORT TO ADMINISTRATOR.—The Adminis6 trator shall make as a condition of each grant under the 

7 program, that not later than 18 months after the date of 

8 receipt of the grant, the recipient shall transmit to the 

9 Administrator a report describing how the grant funds 

10 were used. 

11 ‘‘(f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND CON12 TRACTS.—The Administrator may enter into a cooperative 

13 agreement or contract with any State small business devel14 opment center receiving a grant under this section to pro15 vide additional assistance that furthers the purposes of 

16 this section. 

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

18 March 31, 2008, the Administrator shall transmit to Con19 gress a report containing an evaluation of the program. 

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

21 a clearinghouse of information and expertise regarding vo22 cational and technical entrepreneurship education pro23 grams. In each fiscal year in which grants are made under 

24 the program, the Administrator shall provide additional 
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1 assistance to the Association to carry out the functions 

2 described in this subsection. 

3 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

4 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

5 $7,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 

6 2008. Such sums shall remain available until expended.’’. 

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