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Small Business Workforce Pipeline Act of 2023

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What This Bill Does

This bill amends the Small Business Act to add new requirements for small business development centers. These centers must now provide information and help to small businesses about apprenticeship programs and job training opportunities.

Who It Affects

Small business development centers, small businesses and concerns, the Department of Labor, and other federal agencies.

Key Provisions

• Small business development centers must provide information and assistance to small businesses on how to establish and improve work-based learning opportunities (Sec. 2) • Small business development centers must help small businesses establish and improve apprenticeship programs that are registered under the National Apprenticeship Act (Sec. 2) • Small business development centers must assist small businesses with pre-apprenticeship programs (Sec. 2) • Small business development centers must help small businesses establish and improve job training programs (Sec. 2) • Small business development centers must disseminate relevant information from the Department of Labor and other federal agencies about these programs (Sec. 2)

What Changes

Small business development centers gain a new responsibility to help small businesses access and create apprenticeship and training programs. They will share information from the Department of Labor and other federal agencies to support this work.

Important Definitions

Work-based learning opportunities are defined by the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006. Apprenticeship programs means those registered under the National Apprenticeship Act.

IB Union Calendar No. 74 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1541 [Report No. 118–97] To amend the Small Business Act to include requirements relating to appren- ticeship program assistance for small business development centers, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 10, 2023 Mr. CROW (for himself, Mr. MOLINARO, Mr. THANEDAR, and Ms. SALAZAR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business JUNE 5, 2023 Reported from the Committee on Small Business; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:11 Jun 06, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H1541.RH H1541 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1541 RH A BILL To amend the Small Business Act to include requirements relating to apprenticeship program assistance for small business development centers, and for other purposes. VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:11 Jun 06, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H1541.RH H1541 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1541 RH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Work- 4 force Pipeline Act of 2023’’. 5 SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER APPREN- 6 TICESHIP PROGRAM ASSISTANCE. 7 Section 21(c)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 8 U.S.C. 648(c)(1)) is amended— 9 (1) in subparagraph (T), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 10 the end; 11 (2) in clause (v) of the first subparagraph (U) 12 (relating to succession planning), by striking the pe- 13 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; 14 (3) in second subparagraph (U) (relating to 15 training on domestic and international intellectual 16 property protections)— 17 (A) in clause (ii)(II), by striking the period 18 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 19 (B) by redesignating such subparagraph as 20 subparagraph (V); and 21 (4) by adding at the end the following new sub- 22 paragraph: 23 ‘‘(W) providing information and assistance 24 to small business concerns, including by dis- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:11 Jun 06, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1541.RH H1541 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 1541 RH seminating relevant information from the De- 1 partment of Labor and other Federal agencies, 2 on how to establish and improve— 3 ‘‘(i) work-based learning opportunities 4 (as defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Per- 5 kins Career and Technical Education Act 6 of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302)); 7 ‘‘(ii) apprenticeship programs reg- 8 istered under the Act of August 16, 1937 9 (50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; commonly 10 known as the ‘National Apprenticeship 11 Act’; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.); 12 ‘‘(iii) pre-apprenticeship programs; 13 and 14 ‘‘(iv) job training programs.’’. 15 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:11 Jun 06, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1541.RH H1541 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:11 Jun 06, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1541.RH H1541 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS Union Calendar No. 74 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1541 [Report No. 118–97] A BILL To amend the Small Business Act to include re- quirements relating to apprenticeship program assistance for small business development cen- ters, and for other purposes. JUNE 5, 2023 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:11 Jun 06, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H1541.RH H1541 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS

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