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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="5720" measure-id="id113hr5720" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2014-11-14" update-date="2014-11-20">
<title>LEAP Act</title>
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<action-date>2014-11-14</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Leveraging and Energizing America's Apprenticeship Programs Act or the LEAP Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business-related tax credit of $1,500 for hiring&nbsp;an apprenticeship employee who has not attained age 25&nbsp;at the close of the taxable year or $1,000 for an apprenticeship employee who has attained age 25. Allows such credit for no more than&nbsp;two taxable years with respect to any apprenticeship employee. Defines "apprenticeship employee" as an employee who is employed in an officially-recognized apprenticeable occupation pursuant to an apprentice agreement registered with the Office of Apprenticeship of the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor or a state apprenticeship agency. </p> <p>Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to coordinate with the heads of federal agencies to: (1) determine which government publications could be available on government websites and no longer printed, (2) devise a strategy to reduce overall government printing costs over the 10-year period beginning with FY2015, (3) establish government-wide guidelines on employee printing, and (4) issue guidelines for publicly disclosing information about the publication of government documents.</p>]]></summary-text>
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