H.R. 9052

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9052 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 9052

To amend the Small Business Act to include requirements relating to 
apprenticeship program assistance for small business development 
centers, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 29, 2026

Mr. Crow (for himself, Ms. Salazar, and Ms. Goodlander) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business

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A BILL

To amend the Small Business Act to include requirements relating to 
apprenticeship program assistance for small business development 
centers, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Workforce Pipeline 
Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM 
ASSISTANCE.

Section 21(c)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(c)(1)) is 
amended--
(1) in subparagraph (T), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in clause (v) of the first subparagraph (U) (relating 
to succession planning), by striking the period at the end and 
inserting a semicolon;
(3) in second subparagraph (U) (relating to training on 
domestic and international intellectual property protections)--
(A) in clause (ii)(II), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(B) by redesignating such subparagraph as 
subparagraph (V); and
(4) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(W) providing information and assistance to small 
business concerns, including by disseminating relevant 
information from the Department of Labor and other 
Federal agencies, on how to establish and improve--
``(i) work-based learning opportunities (as 
defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins 
Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 
U.S.C. 2302));
``(ii) apprenticeship programs registered 
under the Act of August 16, 1937 (50 Stat. 664, 
chapter 663; commonly known as the `National 
Apprenticeship Act'; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.);
``(iii) pre-apprenticeship programs; and
``(iv) job training programs.''.
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