Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-527
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business education
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Curricula
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Entrepreneurs
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Government paperwork
Labor and Employment
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Small business
Technical education
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2005 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a program under which the Administrator shall make grants to, or may enter into cooperative agreements with, State small business development centers to provide, on a statewide basis, technical assistance to secondary schools, or to post-secondary vocational or technical schools, for the development and implementation of curricula designed to promote vocational and technical entrepreneurship. 
 
Provides for the minimum amount of a grant to not be less than $200,000.
Directs the association of small business development centers to act as an information clearinghouse regarding vocational and technical entrepreneurship education programs.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2005 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a program under which the Administrator shall make grants to, or may enter into cooperative agreements with, state small business development centers to provide, on a statewide basis, technical assistance to secondary schools, or to post-secondary vocational or technical schools, for the development and implementation of curricula designed to promote vocational and technical entrepreneurship. 
 
Provides for the minimum amount of a grant to not be less than $200,000. 
Requires a report from: (1) each grant recipient to the Administrator on the use of grant funds; and (2) the Administrator to Congress evaluating the program. 
Directs the association of small business development centers to act as an information clearinghouse regarding vocational and technical entrepreneurship education programs. 
Authorizes appropriations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 120.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 109-207.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 109-207.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-07-13
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House