3.0.0 2945 2023-01-11T13:32:54Z 2023-01-11T13:32:54Z Senate S 2016-05-18 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-05-18T15:01:50Z LEARNS Act 114 5635 HR 2016-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Related bill CRS 2016-05-18 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2016-05-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2016-05-18 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2016-05-18 True S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC 2016-05-18 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2016-05-18 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2016-05-18 True Labor and Employment Advisory bodies Department of Labor Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Employment and training programs Executive agency funding and structure Higher education Performance measurement Teaching, teachers, curricula Unemployment Vocational and technical education Youth employment and child labor Labor and Employment 00 2016-05-18 Introduced in Senate 2016-09-22T17:01:56Z Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act or the EARNS Act

This bill establishes, in the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor, an Office of Apprenticeship to:

  • determine whether an apprenticeship program meets requirements for registration and maintains the standards necessary to remain registered,
  • manage the national apprenticeship system (the collective group of registered apprenticeship programs and pre-apprenticeship programs in the nation), and
  • make grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities to carry out projects that support development of pre-apprenticeship programs.

The bill also establishes in Labor a National Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships.

Labor and the Department of Education shall establish a voluntary Registered Apprenticeship-College Collaborative consisting of the sponsors carrying out registered apprenticeship programs, two- or four-year postsecondary educational institutions, and organizations that represent such programs or institutions, that agree to meet certain criteria in order to promote stronger connections between the registered apprenticeship programs involved and participating two- and four-year postsecondary educational institutions.

Labor shall make assistance payments to eligible sponsors of new registered apprenticeship programs or of existing programs that add employers as new partners, which may include joint labor-management registered apprenticeship programs.

]]> Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act Display Title Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote effective registered apprenticeships, for skills, credentials, and employment, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act Short Titles as Introduced EARNS Act Introduced in Senate 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2945is/xml/BILLS-114s2945is.xml 2016-05-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.