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S. 793 116th Congress Senate

American Apprenticeship Act

Official title: A bill to establish and strengthen projects that defray the cost of related instruction associated with pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 14, 2019 Introduced by: Amy Klobuchar Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 14, 2019
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 Latest action March 14, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

American Apprenticeship Act

This bill directs the Department of Labor to make grants to assist states in carrying out projects that defray the cost of instruction associated with pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs.

Labor shall (1) establish performance measures and an evaluation system for such grant program; and (2) identify in-demand occupations that lack the use of apprenticeships, analyze the use of the apprenticeship model in those occupations, and report on such analysis to states and Congress.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1782 Identical bill American Apprenticeship Act
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Mar 14, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 793: American Apprenticeship Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-793/
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