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..