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S. 531 119th Congress Senate

American Apprenticeship Act

Official title: A bill to assist States in, and pay for the Federal share of the cost of, defraying the cost of pre-apprenticeships or related instruction associated with qual… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to assist States in, and pay for the Federal share of the cost of, defraying the cost of pre-apprenticeships or related instruction associated with qualified apprenticeship programs, and for other programs.

Introduced: February 11, 2025 Introduced by: Amy Klobuchar Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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Feb 11, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 11, 2025
Introduced in Senate
 Votes taken on this bill 1
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Apr 19, 1999 Senate · vote #88 On Passage of the Bill S. 531 Passed 86–0 See who voted →
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

American Apprenticeship Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Labor to make grants to assist states in carrying out projects that defray the cost of pre-apprenticeship or related instruction for qualified 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 qualified apprenticeship program model in those occupations, and report on such analysis to states and Congress.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1783 Identical bill American Apprenticeship Act
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Feb 11, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 531: American Apprenticeship Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-531/
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"S. 531: American Apprenticeship Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-531/.
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S. 531, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-531/.
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