H.R. 1859 119th Congress House

Apprenticeship Opportunity Act

Official title: To require income from the first year of an apprenticeship to be disregarded in determining eligibility for assistance under the program of block grants to Sta… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require income from the first year of an apprenticeship to be disregarded in determining eligibility for assistance under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families.

Introduced: March 11, 2025 Introduced by: Suzan K. DelBene Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov

Social Welfare

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Mar 5, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Mar 5, 2025

Introduced in House

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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 1

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES DEPT., AFL-CIO
for BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES DEPT AFL-CIO · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
1 filing
Energy, Dept of
1 filing
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
1 filing
General Services Administration (GSA)
1 filing
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1 filing
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
1 filing
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
1 filing
SENATE
1 filing

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Cosponsors 7

Jayapal, Pramila

Washington · Apr 27, 2026

Doggett, Lloyd

Texas · Apr 1, 2025

Smith, Adam

Washington · Mar 21, 2025

Larsen, Rick

Washington · Mar 11, 2025

Sánchez, Linda T.

California · Mar 5, 2025

Sewell, Terri A.

Alabama · Mar 5, 2025

Strickland, Marilyn

Washington · Mar 5, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1859: Apprenticeship Opportunity Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1859/

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"H.R. 1859: Apprenticeship Opportunity Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1859/.

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H.R. 1859, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1859/.

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