[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8178 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8178

  To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to remove the 
          requirements relating to registered apprenticeships.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 30, 2024

    Mr. Good of Virginia (for himself and Mrs. Miller of Illinois) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                      Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to remove the 
          requirements relating to registered apprenticeships.

    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 ``Apprenticeship Freedom Act''.

SEC. 2. WIOA AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Career Pathway.--Section 3(7)(B) of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(7)(B)) is amended by striking 
``registered'' and all that follows, and inserting a semicolon.
     (b) Identification of Eligible Providers.--Section 122(a) of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3152(a)) is 
amended--
            (1) by amending paragraph (2)(B) to read as follows:
                    ``(B) an entity that carries out apprenticeships; 
                or''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``for so long as the 
        corresponding program of the provider remains registered''.
    (c) Youthbuild Program.--Section 171 of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3226) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (10); and
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (11) and (12) as 
                paragraphs (10) and (11), respectively; and
            (2) by striking ``registered'' each place it appears.
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