H.R. 1642 · 119th Congress
Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025
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- House Introduced Feb 26, 2025
- House Passed Jun 3, 2025 396–5
Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Feb 26, 2025
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
Votes to become law
About this bill and sources
Official title: Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025
Latest action (Jun 4, 2025): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Policy area: Commerce · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 26, 2025
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- House Introduced Feb 26, 2025
- House Passed Jun 3, 2025 396–5
Final vote · House · Jun 3, 2025
Passage (two-thirds required) — Passed. Vote details
Speaker of the House: Mike Johnson