[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2621 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2621

To require the Bureau of the Census to add a new educational attainment 
               category to the Current Population Survey.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 13, 2023

    Ms. Scholten (for herself, Mr. Molinaro, Mr. Moskowitz, and Ms. 
  Crockett) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Committee on Oversight and Accountability

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Bureau of the Census to add a new educational attainment 
               category to the Current Population Survey.

    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 ``Honoring Vocational Education Act''.

SEC. 2. CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION RECOGNITION.

    (a) In General.--Beginning not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Bureau of the Census 
shall ensure that, to the extent practicable, the Current Population 
Survey provides for a separate category of educational attainment for 
Postsecondary Nondegree Awardees.
    (b) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Postsecondary nondegree awardee.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``Postsecondary Nondegree 
                Awardee'' means an individual who--
                            (i) has received--
                                    (I) a regular high school diploma 
                                (as such term is defined in section 
                                8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
                                Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)) 
                                or its recognized equivalent; and
                                    (II) a recognized postsecondary 
                                credential; and
                            (ii) has not received an associates, 
                        bachelor's, masters, graduate, or professional 
                        degree.
                    (B) College attendance.--An individual who meets 
                the criteria in subparagraph (A) is a Postsecondary 
                Nondegree Awardee regardless of whether such individual 
                attended an institution of higher education (as defined 
                in section 102(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
                (20 U.S.C. 1002(a))).
            (2) Recognized postsecondary credential.--The term 
        ``recognized postsecondary credential'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and 
        Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102), except that such term does 
        not include an associate or baccalaureate degree.
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
        States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of 
        Puerto Rico.
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