S. 2028 119th Congress Senate

Supporting Apprenticeship Colleges Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to authorize funding to expand and support enrollment at institutions of higher education that sponsor construction and manufacturing-oriented registere… Show full official titleShow less

Introduced: June 11, 2025 Introduced by: Tina Smith Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov

Education

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Jun 11, 2025

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

Jun 11, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now June 11, 2025

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

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Supporting Apprenticeship Colleges Act of 2025

This bill directs the Department of Education to award grants to institutions of higher education that sponsor construction and manufacturing-oriented registered apprenticeship programs for (1) expanding or supporting outreach to high schools, local businesses, local workforce development boards, and apprenticeship intermediaries; and (2) providing advising and support services to students who are enrolled in these apprenticeship programs.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 36

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

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES
for INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES · Maryland · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
PRIMACY STRATEGY GROUP
for INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS & ALLIED TRADES DISTRICT COUNCIL 7 · Wisconsin · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
PRIMACY STRATEGY GROUP
for FINISHING TRADES INSTITUTE OF THE UPPER MIDWEST · Minnesota · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
DAVID CARLUCCI CONSULTING
for PRIMACY STRATEGY GROUP · Minnesota · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL & TRANSPORTATION WORKERS
for INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL AIR RAIL & TRANSPORTATION WORKERS · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
OSCAR POLICY GROUP, LLC
for AMERICAN SUBCONTRACTOR ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
34 filings
SENATE
34 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
5 filings
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
1 filing

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Cosponsors 3

Sheehy, Tim

Montana · Oct 22, 2025

Daines, Steve

Montana · Jun 11, 2025

Klobuchar, Amy

Minnesota · Jun 11, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2028: Supporting Apprenticeship Colleges Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2028/

MLA

"S. 2028: Supporting Apprenticeship Colleges Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2028/.

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S. 2028, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2028/.

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[S. 2028: Supporting Apprenticeship Colleges Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2028/)