3.0.0 1446 2026-03-04T16:50:49Z 2026-03-04T16:50:49Z House H HR 2025-02-21 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1446 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 35 (Friday, February 21, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. ALLEN:H.R. 1446.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:clause 18 of section 8 of article 1 of the Constitution[Page H729]]]> hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-02-21T20:33:45Z 2025-02-21 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee 2025-02-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-02-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress A000372 Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12] Rick Allen R GA W. 12 N S001196 Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] Elise Stefanik R NY M. 21 2025-04-08 False Labor and Employment Employee hiring 2026-02-06T19:28:20Z Employee performance 2026-02-06T19:28:25Z Employment and training programs 2026-02-06T19:28:31Z Performance measurement 2026-02-06T19:28:36Z Labor and Employment 2025-03-18T14:02:19Z 00 2025-02-21 Introduced in House 2026-03-04T16:50:42Z Validate Prior Learning to Accelerate Employment Act

This bill incorporates assessments that measure an individual's prior knowledge, skills, competencies, and experiences into specified state and local employment training activities under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

An assessment may be used, for example, to award a recognized postsecondary credential that employers use for recruitment, hiring, retention, or advancement purposes.

]]> Validate Prior Learning to Accelerate Employment Act Display Title 45 Validate Prior Learning to Accelerate Employment Act 2025-03-17T12:53:28Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Validate Prior Learning to Accelerate Employment Act 2025-03-17T12:53:22Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to identify or develop assessments to measure the prior knowledge, skills, competencies, and experiences of an individual, and for other purposes. 2025-03-17T12:48:26Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-02-21T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr1446ih/xml/BILLS-119hr1446ih.xml 2025-02-21 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. 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.