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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3366 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 20, 2021 

Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas (for himself and Ms. NEWMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business, and 

in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to 

be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supporting Small 

3 Business and Career and Technical Education Act of 

4 2021’’. 

5 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

6 It is the sense Congress that— 

7 (1) career and technical education provides in8 dividuals with coherent and rigorous content aligned 

9 with challenging academic standards and relevant 

10 technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for 

11 further education and careers in current or emerging 

12 professions; 

13 (2) career and technical education provides 

14 technical skill proficiency, an industry-recognized 

15 credential, a certificate, or an associate degree; 

16 (3) career and technical education includes 

17 competency-based applied learning which contributes 

18 to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning 

19 and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general 

20 employability skills, technical skills, occupation-spe21 cific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of an indus22 try, including entrepreneurship, of an individual; 

23 (4) employment opportunities provided through 

24 recognized postsecondary credentials (as defined in 

25 section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor26 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102)) are as important to 


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1 the advancement of the economy of the United 

2 States as any other domestic business sector; 

3 (5) career and technical professions are desir4 able and often high-skill, high-wage occupations; and 

5 (6) career and technical education provides in6 dividuals with just as competitive and practical of a 

7 career path as attending a traditional four-year col8 lege or university. 

9 SEC. 3. INCLUSION OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDU10 CATION. 

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

12 Act is amended by adding at the end the following new 

13 subsection: 

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

15 term ‘career and technical education’ has the meaning 

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

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

18 (b) SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.— 

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

20 648(c)(1)) is amended— 

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

22 the end; 

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

24 (relating to succession planning), by striking the pe25 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; 


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1 (3) in second subparagraph (U) (relating to 

2 training on domestic and international intellectual 

3 property protections)— 

4 (A) in clause (ii)(II), by striking the period 

5 at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

6 (B) by redesignating such subparagraph as 

7 subparagraph (V); and 

8 (4) by adding at the end the following new sub9 paragraphs: 

10 ‘‘(W) assisting small businesses in hiring 

11 graduates from career and technical education 

12 programs or programs of study; and 

13 ‘‘(X) assisting graduates of career and 

14 technical education programs or programs of 

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

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

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

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

19 end; 

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

21 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

22 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

23 paragraphs: 


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

2 hire graduates from career and technical education 

3 programs or programs of study; and 

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

5 technical education programs or programs of study 

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

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