,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dceb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #i1        
#bjag,mr4 ,lewis of ,georgia introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,education and the 
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,carl ,d4 ,perkins ,career and          
,technical ,education ,act of #bjjf to  
require reporting by the ,secretary of  
,education on requests for funding      
research that were not granted and had  
the greatest potential for improving    
career and technical education1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,missed        
,opportunities in ,career and ,technical
 ,education ,act of #bjag4  #b4 ,annual 
reporting on missed opportunities ,part 
,a of title ,,iii of the ,carl ,d4      
,perkins ,career and ,technical         
,education ,act of #bjjf 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#bcia et seq47 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  #cai4 ,annual   
reporting on missed opportunities  7a7  

,in general ,not later than the last day
 of the first fiscal quarter following  
the end of each fiscal year1 the        
,secretary shall submit a report to     
,congress--  7#a7 identifying-- 7,a7 the
 total number of requests that were     
under review during such fiscal year by 
any office1 agency1 institute1 or center
 of the ,department of ,education for   
funding1 in whole or in part1 career and
 technical education programs2 and  7,b7
 of such total number-- 7i7 the number  
of such requests that were granted2     
7ii7 the number of such requests that   
were denied2 and  7iii7 the number of   
such requests that remained pending at  
the end of the fiscal year2 and  7#b7   
with respect to the requests described  
in clauses 7ii7 and 7iii7 of paragraph  
7#a77;,b71 identifying the requests with
 the greatest potential for improving   
career and technical education4  7b7    
,trade secrets and confidential         
information ,this section does not      
authorize the ,secretary to disclose any

 information that is a trade secret or  
confidential information subject to     
section #eeb7;b77#d7 of title #e1       
,united ,states ,code1 or section #aije 
of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code4  4