S 531 119th Congress Senate Labor and Employment Congressional oversight Education programs funding Employment and training programs Government studies and investigations Higher education Performance measurement State and local government operations Vocational and technical education

American Apprenticeship Act

Introduced: February 11, 2025 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov

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

Feb 11, 2025

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Date	Chamber	What was voted on	Result	Yes–No
Apr 19, 1999	Senate · vote #88	On Passage of the Bill S. 531	Passed	86–0	See who voted →

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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.

What's happening now February 11, 2025

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

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NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC.
for NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC. · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC.
for NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC. · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
LONGBOW PUBLIC POLICY GROUP, LLC
for SIGNATORY WALL AND CEILING CONTRACTORS ALLIANCE · Minnesota · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025

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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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