[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5249 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5249

  To amend the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the 
 Small Business Administration to establish a vocational and technical 
          entrepreneurship development demonstration program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2000

 Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania (for himself and Ms. Velazquez) introduced 
   the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small 
                                Business

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the 
 Small Business Administration to establish a vocational and technical 
          entrepreneurship development demonstration program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Vocational and Technical 
Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT 
              DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 34 as section 35; and
            (2) by inserting after section 33 the following new 
        section:

``SEC. 34. VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT 
              DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Establishment.--In accordance with this section, the 
Administrator of the Small Business Administration (in this section 
referred to as the `Administrator') shall establish a demonstration 
program under which the Administrator may make grants to, or enter into 
cooperative agreements or contracts with, small business development 
centers described in section 21 to provide technical assistance to 
secondary schools, or to postsecondary vocational or technical schools, 
for the development and implementation of curricula designed to promote 
vocational and technical entrepreneurship.
    ``(b) Minimum Grant.--The Administrator may make no grant under the 
demonstration program for an amount less than $500,000.
    ``(c) Application.--Each small business development center seeking 
assistance made available under the demonstration program shall submit 
to the Administrator an application in such form as the Administrator 
may require, except that the Administrator shall require that such 
application include information regarding the applicant's goals and 
objectives for the educational programs to be assisted.
    ``(d) Report to Administrator.--Not later than 1 year after 
receiving assistance made available under the demonstration program, 
each small business development center receiving such assistance shall 
transmit to the Administrator a report describing how the assistance 
was used.
    ``(e) Evaluation of Programs.--
            ``(1) In general.--For each fiscal year in which assistance 
        is made available under this section, the Administrator, in 
        coordination with the Secretary of Education, shall conduct an 
        evaluation of the vocational and technical entrepreneurship 
        education programs carried out with assistance made available 
        under the demonstration program.
            ``(2) Report.--Not later than 180 days after completion of 
        an evaluation under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall 
        transmit to the Congress a report containing the results of the 
        evaluation.
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
        $2,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2003.
            ``(2) Availability.--Funds appropriated under paragraph (1) 
        shall remain available until expended.''.
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