[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6002 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6002

  To allow participants in the Service Corps of Retired Executives to 
  teach entrepreneurship at community learning centers, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 19, 2023

    Mr. Phillips (for himself, Mr. Hill, and Ms. Davids of Kansas) 
                     introduced the following bill

                            October 25, 2023

  Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To allow participants in the Service Corps of Retired Executives to 
  teach entrepreneurship at community learning centers, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``21st Century Entrepreneurship Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) entrepreneurship creates new jobs, grows the economy, 
        increases productivity, and significantly improves the quality 
        of life of the people of the United States;
            (2) entrepreneurship rates in the United States have been 
        unstable over the last several decades;
            (3) children from disadvantaged communities are less likely 
        to become entrepreneurs and inventors, hampering economic 
        growth and harming communities most in need;
            (4) studies show that children with mentors in 
        entrepreneurship and inventorship are more likely to pursue 
        these fields in adulthood; and
            (5) in order to promote growth in disadvantaged 
        communities, increase entrepreneurship rates, and improve the 
        economy, volunteer mentors with the SCORE program should be 
        encouraged to engage with children in community learning 
        centers.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Community learning center.--The term ``community 
        learning center'' has the meaning given the term in section 
        4201(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
        (20 U.S.C. 7171(b)).
            (2) SCORE program.--The term ``SCORE program'' means the 
        Service Corps of Retired Executives described in section 
        8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)).

SEC. 4. ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration shall, in consultation with the SCORE Program--
            (1) develop a curriculum for volunteers with the SCORE 
        program to teach entrepreneurship to students served by 
        community learning centers; and
            (2) in developing the curriculum required under paragraph 
        (1), collaborate with education specialists, entrepreneurship 
        groups, business groups, and groups with experience serving 
        underrepresented children.
    (b) Consultation.--The Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, shall 
develop and implement a strategy to teach the curriculum developed 
under subsection (a)(1) to the students described in that paragraph 
through community learning centers.
    (c) Collaboration With Other Programs.--In teaching the curriculum 
developed under subsection (a), volunteers with the SCORE program are 
encouraged to collaborate with other entrepreneurial development 
programs of the Small Business Administration and other agencies, 
including--
            (1) small business development centers described in section 
        21 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648);
            (2) women's business centers operating under section 29 of 
        the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656); and
            (3) centers overseen by the Minority Business Development 
        Agency (established under section 100002 of the Minority 
        Business Development Act of 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9501)).
    (d) SCORE Program.--Section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)) is amended, in the first sentence, by 
inserting ``and to teach students entrepreneurship through community 
learning centers (as defined in section 4201(b) of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171(b)))'' before the 
period at the end.
    (e) Community Learning Centers.--Part B of title IV of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171 et seq.) 
is amended--
            (1) in section 4201(a)(2) (20 U.S.C. 7171(a)(2)), by 
        inserting ``entrepreneurship education taught through 
        volunteers with the SCORE program (as defined in section 
        8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
        637(b)(1)(B))),'' after ``apprenticeship programs,''; and
            (2) in section 4205(a) (20 U.S.C. 7175(a))--
                    (A) in paragraph (13), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(15) entrepreneurship education described in section 
        4201(a)(2).''.
    (f) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Administrator of the Small 
Business Administration shall submit to the Committee on Small Business 
and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business 
of the House of Representatives a report that--
            (1) identifies instance of the use of the curriculum 
        described in subsection (a) by the SCORE program and a 
        community learning center during the preceding 2-year period;
            (2) documents the use of funds by the SCORE program, and 
        adherence by the SCORE program to contract award and 
        procurement procedures, relating to the implementation of this 
        Act;
            (3) documents any training or guidance provided to SCORE 
        program chapter leadership on properly using funds provided to 
        carry out this Act;
            (4) estimates the number of students who were reached 
        through the entrepreneurship curriculum developed under 
        subsection (a);
            (5) identifies any barriers to reaching additional 
        students; and
            (6) identifies any plans for improving the curriculum or 
        implementing the strategy developed under subsection (a).
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