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Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2003

Introduced: March 20, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Mar 20, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2003 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a program under which the Administrator shall make grants to, or may enter into cooperative agreements with, State small business development centers to provide, on a statewide basis, technical assistance to secondary schools, or to post-secondary vocational or technical schools, for the development and implementation of curricula designed to promote vocational and technical entrepreneurship.

Provides for the minimum amount of a grant to not be less than $200,000.

Directs the association of small business development centers to act as an information clearinghouse regarding vocational and technical entrepreneurship education programs.

What's happening now March 20, 2003

Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1254 Identical bill Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2003
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Apr 30, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1387: Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1387/
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"H.R. 1387: Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1387/.
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H.R. 1387, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1387/.
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