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Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025
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Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025 This bill requires Small Business Development Centers and Women's Business Centers to provide educational information to small businesses about hiring graduates of career and technical education programs. This includes, as appropriate, connecting small businesses with career and technical education programs to assist students and graduates of such programs with identifying career opportunities.
Yes
396
No
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Present
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Not Voting
30
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2026 · third_quarter · Education
Perkins Act: Post Secondary Education, generally. Federal Tuition Assistance (Pell Grants, 529 Savings). Career and Technical Education, generally. Apprenticeship Programs, generally. Pell Grant Programs, generally. H.R. 1642: Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025. Executive Order 14278, Preparing Americans for High-Paying Skilled Trade Jobs of the Future. H.R. 7115: Jumpstart Savings Act. DOE-OPE (Reg.) Title: Accountability in Higher Education and Access Through Demand-Driven Workforce Pell (RIN: 1840-AD99).
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 396 - 5 (Roll no. 146). (text: CR H2392)
HousePassed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 396 - 5 (Roll no. 146). (text: CR H2392)
HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2402-2403)
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1642.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2392-2393)
Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
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Sources: Congress.gov · House Clerk roll-call votes
| #146 | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed | June 3, 2025 |
Client expense: $700,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
2026 · second_quarter · Education
Perkins Act: Post Secondary Education, generally. Federal Tuition Assistance (Pell Grants, 529 Savings). Career and Technical Education, generally. Apprenticeship Programs, generally. Pell Grant Programs, generally. H.R. 1642: Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025. Executive Order 14278, Preparing Americans for High-Paying Skilled Trade Jobs of the Future. H.R. 7115: Jumpstart Savings Act. DOE-OPE (Reg.) Title: Accountability in Higher Education and Access Through Demand-Driven Workforce Pell (RIN: 1840-AD99).
Client expense: $700,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
2026 · first_quarter · Education
Perkins Act: Post Secondary Education, generally. Federal Tuition Assistance (Pell Grants, 529 Savings). Career and Technical Education, generally. Apprenticeship Programs, generally. Pell Grant Programs, generally. H.R. 1642: Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025. Executive Order 14278, Preparing Americans for High-Paying Skilled Trade Jobs of the Future. H.R. 7115: Jumpstart Savings Act.
Client expense: $700,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
2025 · second_quarter · Small Business
H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act H.R. 703/S. 213, Main Street Tax Certainty Act of 2025 H.R. 736, Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025 H.R. 787, Plain Language in Contracting Act H.R. 798, Transparency and Predictability in Small Business Opportunities Act H.R. 936, Protect Small Business from Excessive Paperwork Act H.R. 1163/S. 495, Prove It Act of 2025 H.R. 1199/S. 695, Small Business Investment Act of 2025 H.R. 1634, Think DIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act H.R. 1642, Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act S. 300, Disaster Loan Accountability and Reform Act (DLARA) Various issues relating to the implementation of the Small Business Administration 7(a) loan program; Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), including loan forgiveness and repayment to loans for existing borrowers; opportunity zones; 199A tax deduction; reauthorization of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs; implementation of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (P.L. 96-354); implementation of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (P.L. 116-283)
Client expense: $19,340,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
Providing information surrounding the benefits of supporting career and technical education (CTE); Supporting the Jumpstart Our Businesses by Supporting Students Act (S. 383); Supporting the operations of teh House and Senate Career and Technical Education Caucuses; Promoting teacher pipeline issues at the secondary and postsecondary level; Advocating against the Education Choice for Children Act (S. 292); Advocating against changes to the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act being proposed through revised Information Collection Requests and encouraging Administration to rescind; Supporting the CAREERS Act (H.R. 291); Supporting the Skills Investment Act (H.R. 464); Supporting the House and Senate CTE Month Resolutions (H.Res.115 and S.Res.66); Supporting the Connecting Small Business with CTE Graduates Act of 2025 (H.R. 1642); Supporting the Making Education Affordable and Accessible Act (S. 1347)
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 25.
Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-36.
Congress.gov source codes: 5000, H12200
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 0.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
| Referred To |
| February 26, 2025 |
| February 26, 2025 |
| Republican |
| PA |
| Tony Wied | Republican | WI |