,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djfc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ad1 #bjad 
,mr4 ,payne 7for himself and ,mr4       
,rodney ,davis of ,illinois7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,education and the 
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,workforce ,investment ,act of #aiih to 
direct the ,secretary of ,labor to      
develop performance measures for        
individuals who receive entrepreneurial 
training as a part of any workforce     
investment activity1 to create          
requirements for providers of workforce 
investment activities that offer        
entrepreneurial training1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,growing ,small     
,businesses ,act of #bjad4  #b4         
,performance measures for               
entrepreneurial training  7a7 ,in       
general ,section #acf7;i7 of the        
,workforce ,investment ,act of #aiih    
7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bhga7;i77 is amended by 

adding at the end the following new     
paragraph3  7#d7 ,entrepreneurship      
metric ,the ,secretary shall develop    
separate performance measures for       
individuals who receive entrepreneurial 
training as a part of any workforce     
investment activity funded under this   
subtitle4  4  7b7 ,rulemaking ,not later
 than #f months after the date of       
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,labor shall initiate a rulemaking   
process to develop the performance      
measures described in section           
#acf7;i77#d7 of the ,workforce          
,investment ,act of #aiih 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4
 #bhga7;i77#d774  #c4 ,requirements for 
providers of workforce investment       
activities that offer entrepreneurial   
training ,section #acd7;d77#d7 of the   
,workforce ,investment ,act of #aiih    
7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bhfd7;d77#d77 is amended
 by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph3  7,h7 ,requirements for   
providers of entrepreneurial training   
services  7i7 ,in general ,a provider of

 training services that offers          
entrepreneurial training services under 
this paragraph shall--  7,i7 use intake 
tools that assess an individual's       
suitability for referral to             
entrepreneurial training services2      
7,,ii7 submit a report to the local     
workforce investment board that includes
 the number of individuals who express  
interest in self-employment or starting 
a business and enroll entrepreneurial   
training services2 and  7,,iii7 develop 
partnerships with microbusiness         
development organizations that have     
demonstrated capacity to provide        
education1 training1 counseling1 and    
coaching focused on helping new and low 
and moderate income entrepreneurs       
succeed4  7ii7 ,definitions ,in this    
subparagraph--  7,i7 the term           
microbusiness development organization  
means a nonprofit entity or a program   
administered by such an entity that     
provides services to disadvantaged or   
prospective entrepreneurs2 and  7,,ii7  

the term low and moderate income        
entrepreneur means an entrepreneur      
located in a ,h,u,b,zone 7as defined in 
section #c7p7 of the ,small ,business   
,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcb7p7771 an ,urban
 ,empowerment ,zone or ,urban           
,enterprise ,community 7as designated by
 the ,secretary of the ,department of   
,housing and ,urban ,development71 a    
,rural ,empowerment ,zone or ,rural     
,enterprise ,community 7as designated by
 the ,secretary of the ,department of   
,agriculture71 an area of ,low ,income  
or ,moderate ,income 7as recognized by  
the ,federal ,financial ,institutions   
,examination ,council71 or a county with
 ,persistent ,poverty 7as classified by 
the ,economic ,research ,service of the 
,department of ,agriculture74  4