H.R. 1642 · 119th Congress · Commerce

Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025

Requires Small Business Development Centers to connect businesses with career and technical education graduates. AI-read

Passed a chamber Introduced Feb 26, 2025 Latest action Jun 4, 2025

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What it does

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.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Feb 26, 2025 (Introduced in House). CRS summarizes bills impartially; it does not take positions.

Roll call votes

Date	Question	Party split (yea)	Result
Jun 3, 2025 House roll 145	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassConnecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act	D 195–0 · R 201–5	Passed 396–5

What members said about it

Statement · Press release · Sep 16, 2026 · Tran D-CA

Representatives Tran, Williams Celebrate Committee Passage of Bipartisan Bill to Protect Small Businesses from Foreign Threats

U.S. Representative Derek Tran’s (D-CA-45) announced today the successful advancement of bipartisan legislation to protect small businesses against threats from foreign adversaries.

Latest action

Jun 4, 2025 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.