1HOUSE · JUN 3, 2025
Passed the House
396–5PASSED
R 201–5 D 195–0
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll 146 · 30 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Small Business Act to include requirements relating to graduates of career and technical education programs for small business development centers and women's business centers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Roger Williams R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2025
- Committee actionMar 5, 2025
- Passed HouseJun 3, 2025 · 396–5
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 4, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1642.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1642, Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025” on April 7, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Small Business on March 24, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61317
- CBO publication date
- April 7, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1642, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1642
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-36 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on March 24, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 24, 2025 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/36
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1642, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1642
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 38, February 26, 2025, Page H880):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2025 ↗
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- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1642, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1642
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 1642. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Johnny Olszewski (D-MD), Derek Tran (D-CA), Tony Wied (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Roger Williams.
- H.R. 5100 (119th) To extend the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3174 (119th) Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act
- H.R. 5763 (119th) Main Street Parity Act
- H.R. 826 (119th) COVID Fraud Transparency Act of 2026
- H.R. 1549 (119th) China Financial Threat Mitigation Act of 2025
- H.R. 825 (119th) Assisting Small Businesses Not Fraudsters Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.