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Union Calendar No. 127
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2666
[Report No. 107–212]
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
JULY 27, 2001
Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania (for himself and Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business
SEPTEMBER 21, 2001
Additional sponsors: Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. PASCRELL, and Mr. PENCE
SEPTEMBER 21, 2001
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
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 2001’’.
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 36 as section 37;
and
(2) by inserting after section 35 the following
new section:
‘‘SEC. 36. VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL ENTREPRENEUR-
SHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following
definitions apply:
‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis-
trator’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration.
‘‘(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.
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—In accordance with this sec-
tion, the Administrator shall establish a program under
which the Administrator shall make grants to small busi-
ness development centers to enable such centers to provide
technical assistance to secondary schools, or to postsec-
ondary vocational or technical schools, for the development
and implementation of curricula designed to promote voca-
tional and technical entrepreneurship.
‘‘(c) MINIMUM GRANT.—The Administrator may
make no grant under the program for an amount less than
$200,000.
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—Each small business develop-
ment center seeking a grant under the program shall sub-
mit to the Administrator an application in such form as
the Administrator may require. The application shall in-
clude information regarding the applicant’s goals and ob-
jectives for the educational programs to be assisted.
‘‘(e) REPORT TO ADMINISTRATOR.—The Adminis-
trator shall make a condition of each grant under the pro-
gram that not later than 18 months after the receipt of
the grant the recipient shall transmit to the Administrator
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 a small business development
center receiving a grant under this section to provide addi-
tional assistance that furthers the purposes of this section.
‘‘(g) EVALUATION
OF PROGRAM.—Not later than
March 31, 2004, the Administrator shall transmit to Con-
gress a report containing an evaluation of the program.
‘‘(h) CLEARINGHOUSE.—
‘‘(1) SELECTION.—Before making grants under
the program, the Administrator shall select an asso-
ciation established pursuant to section 21(a)(3)(A)
to act as a clearinghouse of information and exper-
tise regarding vocational and technical entrepreneur-
ship education programs.
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—
In each fiscal year in which grants are made under
the program, the Administrator shall provide addi-
tional assistance to the association selected under
paragraph (1) to carry out the functions described
in such paragraph.
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$7,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002, 2003, and 2004.
Such sums shall remain available until expended.’’.
Union Calendar No. 127
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2666
[Report No. 107–212]
A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to direct the Ad-
ministrator of the Small Business Administration
to establish a vocational and technical entrepre-
neurship development program.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2001
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed