HR1642-119

Passed House

To amend the Small Business Act to include requirements relating to graduates of career and technical education programs for small business development centers and women’s business centers, and for other purposes.

119th Congress Introduced Feb 26, 2025

Legislative Progress

Passed House
Introduced Committee Passed
Jun 4, 2025

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small …

Jun 4, 2025 (inferred)

Passed House (inferred from eh version)

Mar 24, 2025

Additional sponsor: Ms. Goodlander

Mar 24, 2025

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the …

Feb 26, 2025

Mr. Williams of Texas (for himself, Mr. Olszewski, Mr. Bresnahan, …

House Roll #146

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act

Passed
396 Yea 5 Nay 30 Not Voting
Jun 3, 2025

Summary

What This Bill Does

Requires Small Business Development Centers to provide educational information to small businesses about hiring CTE graduates and to connect CTE programs with small business hiring needs.

Who Benefits and How

Small businesses learn about CTE graduates as hiring resource. CTE programs connect with local employers. Students gain pathways to small business employment.

Who Bears the Burden and How

SBDCs must provide CTE hiring information and outreach.

Key Provisions

  • Defines career and technical education per Perkins Act
  • SBDCs educate businesses on hiring CTE graduates
  • SBDCs inform CTE programs about small business needs
  • Connects workforce pipeline to small business sector
Model: claude-opus-4
Generated: Jan 9, 2026 19:10

Evidence Chain:

This summary is derived from the structured analysis below. See "Detailed Analysis" for per-title beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

Primary Purpose

Connects small businesses with career and technical education graduates

Policy Domains

Small Business Education Workforce

Legislative Strategy

"Connect CTE pipeline with small business employment"

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Small Business Education Workforce

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"career and technical education" §career_and_technical_education

As defined in Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006

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