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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 entrepre-
neurship 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 Adminis-
trator of the Small Business Administration to establish 
a vocational and technical entrepreneurship development 
program.
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 ‘‘Vocational and Tech-
nical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP 
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
631 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 37 as section 38; 
and 
(2) by inserting after section 36 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 37. VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL ENTREPRENEUR-
SHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
‘‘(1) 
ASSOCIATION.—The 
term 
‘Association’ 
means the association of small business development 
centers recognized under section 21(a)(3)(A). 
‘‘(2) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means the 
program established under subsection (b). 
‘‘(3) SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER.— 
The term ‘small business development center’ means a
small business development center described in section 
21. 
‘‘(4) STATE
SMALL
BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT 
CENTER.—The term ‘State small business development 
center’ means a small business development center 
from each State selected by the Administrator, in con-
sultation with the Association and giving substantial 
weight to the Association’s recommendations, to carry 
out the program on a statewide basis in such State. 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—In accordance with this sec-
tion, the Administrator shall establish a program under 
which the Administrator shall make grants to State small 
business development centers to enable such centers to pro-
vide, on a statewide basis, technical assistance to secondary 
schools, postsecondary vocational schools, or technical 
schools, for the development and implementation of cur-
ricula designed to promote vocational and technical entre-
preneurship. 
‘‘(c) GRANT AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(1) MINIMUM GRANT.—Each grant awarded by 
the Administrator under the program shall be in an 
amount not less than $200,000. 
‘‘(2) NO MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Admin-
istrator shall not require, as a condition of receiving 
a grant under this section, that the applicant provide