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Union Calendar No. 120 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 527 

[Report No. 109–207] 

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 

FEBRUARY 2, 2005 

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

to the Committee on Small Business 

JULY 28, 2005 

Additional sponsors: Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. 

CASE, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, and Mr. SHUSTER

JULY 28, 2005 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 2, 2005] 

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. 
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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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP 

7 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

9 631 et seq.) is amended— 

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

11 and 

12 (2) by inserting after section 36 the following 

13 new section: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 37. VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL ENTREPRENEUR15 SHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 

16 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi17 nitions apply: 

18 ‘‘(1) ASSOCIATION.—The term ‘Association’ 

19 means the association of small business development 

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

21 ‘‘(2) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means the 

22 program established under subsection (b). 

23 ‘‘(3) SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER.— 

24 The term ‘small business development center’ means a 
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1 small business development center described in section 

2 21. 

3 ‘‘(4) STATE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

4 CENTER.—The term ‘State small business development 

5 center’ means a small business development center 

6 from each State selected by the Administrator, in con7 sultation with the Association and giving substantial 

8 weight to the Association’s recommendations, to carry 

9 out the program on a statewide basis in such State. 

10 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—In accordance with this sec11 tion, the Administrator shall establish a program under 

12 which the Administrator shall make grants to State small 

13 business development centers to enable such centers to pro14 vide, on a statewide basis, technical assistance to secondary 

15 schools, postsecondary vocational schools, or technical 

16 schools, for the development and implementation of cur17 ricula designed to promote vocational and technical entre18 preneurship. 

19 ‘‘(c) GRANT AMOUNT.— 

20 ‘‘(1) MINIMUM GRANT.—Each grant awarded by 

21 the Administrator under the program shall be in an 

22 amount not less than $200,000. 

23 ‘‘(2) NO MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Admin24 istrator shall not require, as a condition of receiving 

25 a grant under this section, that the applicant provide 
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1 a matching amount, either in cash or as in-kind con2 tributions. 

3 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—Each State small business devel4 opment center seeking a grant under the program shall sub5 mit to the Administrator an application in such form as 

6 the Administrator may require. The application shall in7 clude information regarding the applicant’s goals and ob8 jectives for the educational programs to be assisted. 

9 ‘‘(e) REPORT TO ADMINISTRATOR.—As a condition of 

10 each grant awarded under the program, the Administrator 

11 shall require the recipient to transmit to the Administrator, 

12 not later than 18 months after the date of receipt of the 

13 grant, a report describing how the grant funds were used. 

14 ‘‘(f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND CONTRACTS.— 

15 The Administrator may enter into a cooperative agreement 

16 or contract with any State small business development cen17 ter receiving a grant under this section to provide addi18 tional assistance that furthers the purposes of this section. 

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

20 March 31, 2008, the Administrator shall transmit to Con21 gress a report containing an evaluation of the program. 

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

23 a clearinghouse of information and expertise regarding vo24 cational and technical entrepreneurship education pro25 grams. In each fiscal year in which grants are made under 
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1 the program, the Administrator shall provide additional as2 sistance to the Association to carry out the functions de3 scribed in this subsection. 

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

5 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

6 $7,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006, 2007, and 2008. 

7 Such sums shall remain available until expended. 

8 ‘‘(j) FUNDING LIMITATIONS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) NONAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LIMITA10 TIONS.—Amounts made available under this section 

11 are in addition to any amounts available under sec12 tion 21(a)(4). 

13 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—The Ad14 ministrator shall carry out this section using only 

15 amounts appropriated in advance specifically for the 

16 purpose of carrying out this section.’’. 
Union Calendar No. 120 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 527 

[Report No. 109–207] 

A BILL 

To amend the Small Business Act to direct the Adneurship development program. to establish a vocational and technical entrepre- ministrator of the Small Business Administration 

JULY 28, 2005 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,