,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #chcb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #aa1 
#bjbf,ms4 ,rosen 7for herself and ,mr4  
,curtis7 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 apprenticeship 
program assistance for small business   
development centers1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,small ,business    
,workforce ,pipeline ,act of #bjbf4  #b4
 ,small business development center     
apprenticeship program assistance       
,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 2 and2 and  7#e7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7,w7 providing  
information and assistance to small     
business concerns1 including by         
disseminating relevant information from 
the ,department of ,labor and other     
,federal agencies1 on how to establish  
and improve-- 7i7 opportunities for     
work-based learning1 as defined in      
section #c of the ,carl ,d4 ,perkins    
,career and ,technical ,education ,act  
of #bjjf 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #bcjb72  7ii7   
apprenticeship programs registered under
 the ,act of ,august #af1 #aicg         
7commonly known as the ,national        
,apprenticeship ,act7 7#ej ,stat4 #ffd1 
chapter #ffc2 #bi ,u4,s4,c4 #ej et      
seq472  7iii7 pre-apprenticeship        

programs2 and  7iv7 job training        
programs4  4