I 
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 entrepre-
neurship 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 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 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL ENTREPRENEUR-
SHIP 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 
definitions 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
CEN-
TER.—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 develop-
ment center’ means a small business development 
center from each State selected by the Adminis-
trator, in consultation with the Association and giv-
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ing substantial weight to the Association’s rec-
ommendations, to carry out the program on a state-
wide 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 
provide, on a statewide basis, technical assistance to sec-
ondary schools, postsecondary vocational schools, or tech-
nical schools, for the development and implementation of 
curricula designed to promote vocational and technical en-
trepreneurship. 
‘‘(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 Ad-
ministrator shall not require, as a condition of re-
ceiving a grant under this section, that the applicant 
provide a matching amount, either in cash or as in- 
kind contributions. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—Each State small business de-
velopment center seeking a grant under the program shall 
submit to the Administrator an application in such form 
as the Administrator may require. The application shall 
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include information regarding the applicant’s goals and 
objectives for the educational programs to be assisted. 
‘‘(e) REPORT TO ADMINISTRATOR.—As a condition of 
each grant awarded under the program, the Administrator 
shall require the recipient to transmit to the Adminis-
trator, not later than 18 months after the date of receipt 
of the grant, a report describing how the grant funds were 
used. 
‘‘(f) 
COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS
AND
CON-
TRACTS.—The Administrator may enter into a cooperative 
agreement or contract with any State small business devel-
opment center receiving a grant under this section to pro-
vide additional assistance that furthers the purposes of 
this section. 
‘‘(g) EVALUATION
OF PROGRAM.—Not later than 
March 31, 2010, the Administrator shall transmit to Con-
gress a report containing an evaluation of the program. 
‘‘(h) CLEARINGHOUSE.—The Association shall act as 
a clearinghouse of information and expertise regarding vo-
cational and technical entrepreneurship education pro-
grams. In each fiscal year in which grants are made under 
the program, the Administrator shall provide additional 
assistance to the Association to carry out the functions 
described in this subsection. 
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