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HR 3445 117th Congress House

Jobs, On-the-Job ‘Earn-While-You-Learn’ Training, and Apprenticeships for Young African Americans Act

Official title: To amend the National Apprenticeship Act in order to increase and expand the national apprenticeship system to include the immediate recruitment, employment, a… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the National Apprenticeship Act in order to increase and expand the national apprenticeship system to include the immediate recruitment, employment, and on-the-job earn-as-you-learn training of young African Americans, and to promote the development of equitable hiring standards necessary to safeguard the diversity of apprentices, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 20, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
May 20, 2021
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Jobs, On-the-Job 'Earn-While-You-Learn' Training, and Apprenticeships for Young African Americans Act

This bill makes changes to the national apprenticeship system aimed at promoting diversity.

Specifically, the bill

  • establishes the Diversity and Inclusion Administrator in the Office Apprenticeship within the Office of Employment and Training Administration at the Department of Labor,
  • requires every apprenticeship program that registers or renews an apprenticeship with the Office of Apprenticeship to submit a plan to increase participation by individuals who are African American, and
  • requires the Diversity and Inclusion Administrator to award grants to create or expand diversity in registered apprenticeship programs.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 44
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 25, 2022
Bourdeaux, Carolyn
· Feb 22, 2022
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Vargas, Juan
California · Feb 7, 2022
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Green, Al
Texas · Feb 3, 2022
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Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Nov 30, 2021
Higgins, Brian
· Sep 20, 2021
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Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Jul 16, 2021
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Castor, Kathy
Florida · Jul 16, 2021
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Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Jul 16, 2021
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Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Jul 9, 2021
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Titus, Dina
Nevada · Jun 15, 2021
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jun 14, 2021
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Soto, Darren
Florida · Jun 14, 2021
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Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Jun 8, 2021
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jun 8, 2021
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Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Jun 8, 2021
JOHNSON, EDDIE
· Jun 8, 2021
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Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Jun 8, 2021
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Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Jun 8, 2021
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Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Jun 8, 2021
Butterfield, G. K.
· May 28, 2021
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Carson, André
Indiana · May 28, 2021
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Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · May 28, 2021
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Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · May 28, 2021
Lawrence, Brenda
· May 28, 2021
Lawson, Al
· May 28, 2021
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · May 28, 2021
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Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · May 28, 2021
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Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · May 28, 2021
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Strickland, Marilyn
Washington · May 28, 2021
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Waters, Maxine
California · May 28, 2021
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Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · May 28, 2021
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · May 20, 2021
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Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · May 20, 2021
Demings, Val
· May 20, 2021
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Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · May 20, 2021
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · May 20, 2021
MALONEY, CAROLYN
· May 20, 2021
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 20, 2021
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 20, 2021
Perlmutter, Ed
· May 20, 2021
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Takano, Mark
California · May 20, 2021
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Thompson, Mike
California · May 20, 2021
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · May 20, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3445: Jobs, On-the-Job ‘Earn-While-You-Learn’ Training, and Apprenticeships for Young African Americans Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3445/
MLA
"H.R. 3445: Jobs, On-the-Job ‘Earn-While-You-Learn’ Training, and Apprenticeships for Young African Americans Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3445/.
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H.R. 3445, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3445/.
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