[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2666 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2666

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2001

 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 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 2001''.

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

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions 
apply:
            ``(1) Administrator.--The term `Administrator' means the 
        Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
            ``(2) Program.--The term `program' means the program 
        established under subsection (b).
            ``(3) Small business development center.--The term `small 
        business development center' means a small business development 
        center described in section 21.
    ``(b) Establishment.--In accordance with this section, the 
Administrator shall establish a program under which the Administrator 
shall make grants to small business development centers to enable such 
centers 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.
    ``(c) Minimum Grant.--The Administrator may make no grant under the 
program for an amount less than $200,000.
    ``(d) Application.--Each small business development 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 include information regarding the applicant's goals 
and objectives for the educational programs to be assisted.
    ``(e) Report to Administrator.--The Administrator shall make a 
condition of each grant under the program 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 Contracts.--The Administrator may 
enter into a cooperative agreement or contract with a small business 
development center receiving a grant under this section to provide 
additional assistance that furthers the purposes of this section.
    ``(g) Evaluation of Program.--Not later than March 31, 2004, the 
Administrator shall transmit to Congress a report containing an 
evaluation of the program.
    ``(h) Clearinghouse.--
            ``(1) Selection.--Before making grants under the program, 
        the Administrator shall select an association established 
        pursuant to section 21(a)(3)(A) to act as a clearinghouse of 
        information and expertise regarding vocational and technical 
        entrepreneurship education programs.
            ``(2) Additional assistance authorized.--In each fiscal 
        year in which grants are made under the program, the 
        Administrator shall provide additional 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.''.
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