S. 3174: Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2012
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S. 3174: Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2012
112th Congress · introduced 2012-05-14 · Commerce · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2012-05-14 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2012
Plain summary
Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a program to make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, state small business development centers to provide, on a statewide basis, technical assistance to secondary schools, post-secondary vocational or technical schools, or nonprofit organizations that serve youth and young adults for the development and implementation of curricula designed to promote vocational and technical entrepreneurship. Prohibits the Administrator from requiring matching funds as a grant condition. Requires: (1) grant recipients to report to the Administrator on their use of funds, and (2) the Administrator to submit to Congress a program evaluation. Directs the association of small business development centers to act as an information clearinghouse regarding vocational and technical entrepreneurship education programs.
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Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2012
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s3174.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>
Record fed-us-cong112-s3174 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112