[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3832 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3832

  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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 11, 2026

 Ms. Rosen (for herself and Mr. Curtis) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business 
                          and Entrepreneurship

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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)(3)) 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) by redesignating the second subparagraph (U) (relating 
        to training on domestic and international intellectual property 
        protections) as subparagraph (V);
            (4) in subparagraph (V)(ii)(II), as so redesignated, by 
        striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(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) opportunities for work-based learning, 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 (commonly known as the `National 
                Apprenticeship Act') (50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 
                U.S.C. 50 et seq.);
                    ``(iii) pre-apprenticeship programs; and
                    ``(iv) job training programs.''.
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