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Union Calendar No. 74 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1541 
[Report No. 118–97] 
To amend the Small Business Act to include requirements relating to appren-
ticeship program assistance for small business development centers, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 10, 2023 
Mr. CROW (for himself, Mr. MOLINARO, Mr. THANEDAR, and Ms. SALAZAR) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Small Business 
JUNE 5, 2023 
Reported from the Committee on Small Business; committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to include requirements 
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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 ‘‘Small Business Work-
force Pipeline Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER APPREN-
TICESHIP PROGRAM ASSISTANCE. 
Section 21(c)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 648(c)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (T), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in clause (v) of the first subparagraph (U) 
(relating to succession planning), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
(3) in second subparagraph (U) (relating to 
training on domestic and international intellectual 
property protections)— 
(A) in clause (ii)(II), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(B) by redesignating such subparagraph as 
subparagraph (V); and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(W) providing information and assistance 
to small business concerns, including by dis-
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seminating relevant information from the De-
partment of Labor and other Federal agencies, 
on how to establish and improve— 
‘‘(i) work-based learning opportunities 
(as defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Per-
kins Career and Technical Education Act 
of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302)); 
‘‘(ii) apprenticeship programs reg-
istered under the Act of August 16, 1937 
(50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; commonly 
known as the ‘National Apprenticeship 
Act’; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.); 
‘‘(iii) 
pre-apprenticeship 
programs; 
and 
‘‘(iv) job training programs.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 74 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1541 
[Report No. 118–97] 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to include re-
quirements relating to apprenticeship program 
assistance for small business development cen-
ters, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 5, 2023 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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