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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 527

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 

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

4 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended—

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

6 and 

7 (2) by inserting after section 36 the following 

8 new section: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 37. 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) GRANT AMOUNT.—

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

18 by the Administrator under the program shall be in 

19 an amount not less than $200,000. 

20 ‘‘(2) NO MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Ad21 ministrator shall not require, as a condition of re22 ceiving a grant under this section, that the applicant 

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

24 contributions. 
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1 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—Each State small business de2 velopment center seeking a grant under the program shall 

3 submit to the Administrator an application in such form 

4 as the Administrator may require. The application shall 

5 include information regarding the applicant’s goals and 

6 objectives for the educational programs to be assisted. 

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

8 each grant awarded under the program, the Administrator 

9 shall require the recipient to transmit to the Adminis10 trator, not later than 18 months after the date of receipt 

11 of the grant, a report describing how the grant funds were 

12 used. 

13 ‘‘(f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND CON14 TRACTS.—The Administrator may enter into a cooperative 

15 agreement or contract with any State small business devel16 opment center receiving a grant under this section to pro17 vide additional assistance that furthers the purposes of 

18 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 

2 assistance to the Association to carry out the functions 

3 described 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.’’.

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