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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 557 

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 

JANUARY 18, 2007 

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 2007’’. 


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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) ASSOCIATION.—The term ‘Association’ 

14 means the association of small business development 

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

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

17 the program established under subsection (b). 

18 ‘‘(3) SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CEN19 TER.—The term ‘small business development center’ 

20 means a small business development center described 

21 in section 21. 

22 ‘‘(4) STATE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

23 CENTER.—The term ‘State small business develop24 ment center’ means a small business development 

25 center from each State selected by the Adminis26 trator, in consultation with the Association and givVerDate Aug 31 2005 17:51 Jan 20, 2007 Jkt 059196 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H557.IH H557

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1 ing substantial weight to the Association’s rec2 ommendations, to carry out the program on a state3 wide basis in such State. 

4 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—In accordance with this sec5 tion, the Administrator shall establish a program under 

6 which the Administrator shall make grants to State small 

7 business development centers to enable such centers to 

8 provide, on a statewide basis, technical assistance to sec9 ondary schools, postsecondary vocational schools, or tech10 nical schools, for the development and implementation of 

11 curricula designed to promote vocational and technical en12 trepreneurship. 

13 ‘‘(c) GRANT AMOUNT.— 

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

15 by the Administrator under the program shall be in 

16 an amount not less than $200,000. 

17 ‘‘(2) NO MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Ad18 ministrator shall not require, as a condition of re19 ceiving a grant under this section, that the applicant 

20 provide a matching amount, either in cash or as in21 kind contributions. 

22 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—Each State small business de23 velopment center seeking a grant under the program shall 

24 submit to the Administrator an application in such form 

25 as the Administrator may require. The application shall 


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1 include information regarding the applicant’s goals and 

2 objectives for the educational programs to be assisted. 

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

4 each grant awarded under the program, the Administrator 

5 shall require the recipient to transmit to the Adminis6 trator, not later than 18 months after the date of receipt 

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

8 used. 

9 ‘‘(f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND CON10 TRACTS.—The Administrator may enter into a cooperative 

11 agreement or contract with any State small business devel12 opment center receiving a grant under this section to pro13 vide additional assistance that furthers the purposes of 

14 this section. 

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

16 March 31, 2010, the Administrator shall transmit to Con17 gress a report containing an evaluation of the program. 

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

19 a clearinghouse of information and expertise regarding vo20 cational and technical entrepreneurship education pro21 grams. In each fiscal year in which grants are made under 

22 the program, the Administrator shall provide additional 

23 assistance to the Association to carry out the functions 

24 described in this subsection. 


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

2 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

3 $7,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010. 

4 Such sums shall remain available until expended. 

5 ‘‘(j) FUNDING LIMITATIONS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) NONAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LIMITA7 TIONS.—Amounts made available under this section 

8 are in addition to any amounts available under sec9 tion 21(a)(4). 

10 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—The Ad11 ministrator shall carry out this section using only 

12 amounts appropriated in advance specifically for the 

13 purpose of carrying out this section.’’. 

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