,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ajdh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ac1    
#bjbe,mr4 ,marshall 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,coons7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,small ,business   
and ,entrepreneurship  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,small ,business ,act to      
include requirements relating to        
graduates of career and technical       
education programs or programs of study 
for small business development centers  
and women's business centers1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,connecting    
,small ,businesses with ,career and     
,technical ,education ,graduates ,act4  
#b4 ,inclusion of career and technical  
education  7a7 ,definition ,section #c  
of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae       
,u4,s4,c4 #fcb7 is amended by adding at 
the end the following3  7gg7 ,career and
 technical education ,the term career   
and technical education has the meaning 

given the term in section #c of the     
,carl ,d4 ,perkins ,career and          
,technical ,education ,act of #bjjf 7#bj
 ,u4,s4,c4 #bcjb74  4  7b7 ,small       
business development centers ,section   
#ba7;c77#c7 of the ,small ,business ,act
 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fdh7;c77#c77 is        
amended-- 7#a7 in subparagraph 7,t71 by 
striking and at the end2  7#b7 in clause
 7v7 of the first subparagraph 7,u7     
7relating to succession planning71 by   
striking the period at the end and      
inserting a semicolon2  7#c7 by         
redesignating the second subparagraph   
7,u7 7relating to training on domestic  
and international intellectual property 
protections7 as subparagraph 7,v72  7#d7
 in subparagraph 7,v77ii77,,ii71 as so  
redesignated1 by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon2 and  
7#e7 by adding at the end the following3
  7,w7 assisting small business concerns
 in hiring graduates from career and    
technical education programs or programs
 of study2 and  7,x7 assisting graduates

 of career and technical education      
programs or programs of study in        
starting up a small business concern4  4
  7c7 ,women's business centers ,section
 #bi7;b7 of the ,small ,business ,act   
7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fef7;b77 is amended--   
7#a7 in paragraph 7#b71 by striking and 
at the end2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#c71 by 
striking the period at the end and      
inserting a semicolon2 and  7#c7 by     
adding at the end the following3  7#d7  
assistance for small business concerns  
to hire graduates from career and       
technical education programs or programs
 of study2 and  7#e7 assistance for     
graduates of career and technical       
education programs or programs of study 
to start up a small business concern4  4