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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4539 
To direct the Secretary of Labor to award grants to States for the purpose 
of providing subgrants to eligible entities for education and technical 
training on how to perform cosmetology services on textured hair. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2025 
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ (for herself, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, 
Mrs. MCIVER, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
ESPAILLAT, Mr. JOHNSON
of Georgia, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Ms. 
CROCKETT, and Ms. SEWELL) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Education and Workforce 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Labor to award grants to States 
for the purpose of providing subgrants to eligible entities 
for education and technical training on how to perform 
cosmetology services on textured hair. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Texture Positive Act 
of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL TRAIN-
ING ON TEXTURED HAIR. 
(a) GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary shall 
award, on a competitive basis, grants to States for the 
purpose of awarding subgrants in accordance with this 
section. 
(b) APPLICATION.—A State seeking a grant under 
this section shall submit an application to the Secretary 
at such time, in such manner, and containing such infor-
mation as the Secretary may reasonably require, including 
a summary of the information submitted under subsection 
(c)(2) by each eligible entity that the State plans to award 
a subgrant to under such subsection. 
(c) SUBGRANTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—A State that receives a 
grant under this section shall use such grant to 
award, on a competitive basis, subgrants to eligible 
entities for the purpose of carrying out the activities 
described in paragraph (3). 
(2) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity seeking a 
subgrant under this subsection shall submit an ap-
plication to the State at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information as the State may 
reasonably require, including— 
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(A) a description of how the eligible entity 
plans to carry out the activities described in 
paragraph (3); 
(B) an estimate of— 
(i) the cost of conducting the activities 
described in paragraph (3), including the 
cost per student of providing the education 
and technical training required under sub-
paragraph (A) of such paragraph; and 
(ii) the number of students the eligible 
entity plans to instruct; and 
(C) a description of how the eligible entity 
plans to increase access to the education and 
technical training required under paragraph 
(3)(A). 
(3) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity that re-
ceives a subgrant under this subsection— 
(A) shall use such subgrant funds to pro-
vide, as part of the curriculum of cosmetology 
schools, education and technical training to stu-
dents of such cosmetology schools on how to 
shampoo, deep condition, braid, twist, and style 
textured hair; and 
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(B) may use such subgrant funds to, in 
order to better provide such education and tech-
nical training— 
(i) develop such education and tech-
nical training; 
(ii) hire and train instructors; and 
(iii) provide digital training, including 
through prerecorded videos. 
(4) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF AWARD.— 
A State shall award a subgrant under this sub-
section in an amount that the State determines ap-
propriate based on the estimate submitted under 
paragraph (2)(B). 
(d) DURATION; RENEWAL.— 
(1) GRANTS.—A grant awarded under this sec-
tion shall be for a term of 4 years and may be re-
newed by the Secretary. 
(2) SUBGRANTS.—A subgrant awarded under 
subsection (c) shall be for a term of 6 months and 
may be renewed by the State that awarded the 
subgrant. In determining whether to renew such 
subgrant, the State shall take into consideration the 
information submitted under subsection (e). 
(e) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
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(1) ELIGIBLE
ENTITIES.—Not later than 60 
days before each date that is the final date of the 
term described in subsection (d)(2), a recipient of a 
subgrant under subsection (c) shall submit to the 
State that awarded the subgrant a report includ-
ing— 
(A) a description of how the subgrant was 
used; 
(B) an identification of the cosmetology 
schools that the eligible entity worked with to 
provide the education and technical training re-
quired under subsection (c)(3)(A); 
(C) the number of instructors that the eli-
gible entity trained to provide the education 
and technical training required under sub-
section (c)(3)(A); and 
(D) the number of students that received 
the education and technical training required 
under subsection (c)(3)(A). 
(2) STATES.—Not later than 60 days after each 
date that is the final date of the term described in 
subsection (d)(1), a State that receives a grant 
under this section shall submit to the Secretary a re-
port including— 
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(A) an identification of the State agency 
that awards subgrants under this section; and 
(B) a summary of the information sub-
mitted under paragraph (1). 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COSMETOLOGY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘cosme-
tology school’’ means a school that provides training 
to prepare students for gainful employment in an oc-
cupation related to cosmetology. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’— 
(A) means a corporation, limited liability 
company, association, or company that— 
(i) was established not less than 5 
years before the date of enactment of this 
Act; 
(ii) has experience in providing the 
education and technical training required 
under subsection (c)(3)(A); 
(iii) has an employer identification 
number issued by the Internal Revenue 
Service; and 
(iv) has a Minority- or Women-owned 
Business Enterprise certificate; and 
(B) does not include— 
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