[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6425 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6425

     To provide grants to State-recognized or federally recognized 
   apprenticeship programs to support the expansion, awareness, and 
           prestige of such programs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 18, 2018

 Mrs. Davis of California (for herself and Mr. Guthrie) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
     To provide grants to State-recognized or federally recognized 
   apprenticeship programs to support the expansion, awareness, and 
           prestige of such programs, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Accessing Professional Partnerships 
and Resources to Enable Necessary Training and Improve Career Education 
Act of 2018'' or the ``APPRENTICE Act''.

SEC. 2. APPRENTICESHIP GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Labor shall provide grants to 
State-recognized or federally recognized apprenticeship programs, on a 
competitive basis, to support the expansion, awareness, and prestige of 
such programs.
    (b) Amounts.--The amount of a grant made to a State-recognized or 
federally recognized apprenticeship program under this section may not 
exceed $100,000.
    (c) Uses of Amounts.--Amounts received under this section shall 
only be used to carry out the following:
            (1) Train personnel who administer State-recognized or 
        federally recognized apprenticeship programs or who supervise 
        or train individuals participating in such apprenticeship 
        programs.
            (2) Publicize State-recognized or federally recognized 
        apprenticeship programs on the internet, including on 
        employment-related databases and search engines for job 
        listings, and through public campaigns.
            (3) Provide funds to educators from local educational 
        institutions to visit State-recognized or federally recognized 
        apprenticeship program sites to learn about such programs.
            (4) Review applications submitted to State-recognized or 
        federally recognized apprenticeship programs by prospective 
        apprentices.
            (5) Coordinate State-recognized or federally recognized 
        apprenticeship program curricula efforts with the curricula of 
        local educational institutions and programs funded under the 
        Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 
        U.S.C. 2301 et seq.).
    (d) Application Requirements.--A State-recognized or federally 
recognized apprenticeship program seeking a grant under this section 
shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the Secretary determines.
    (e) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment 
of this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the 
results of the program, including the number of apprentices recruited 
and retained by State-recognized or federally recognized apprenticeship 
programs that receive amounts under this section.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for fiscal year 
2019, and each fiscal year thereafter.

SEC. 3. EASE OF NAVIGATION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall--
            (1) improve the navigability of the Department of Labor 
        database containing registered apprenticeship programs;
            (2) publicize the ease by which an apprenticeship program 
        seeking to register with the Department of Labor may become a 
        registered apprenticeship program; and
            (3) coordinate with local and State Departments of Labor to 
        publicize registered apprenticeship programs.
    (b) External Link.--The Secretary of Education shall include an 
external link to the Department of Labor database containing registered 
apprenticeship programs on the Department of Education website.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
        the Office of Personnel Management.
            (2) Prospective apprentice.--The term ``prospective 
        apprentice'' means current or prospective applicants to a 
        State-recognized or federally recognized apprenticeship 
        program.
            (3) Secretary.--Except as otherwise provided, the term 
        ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Labor.
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