[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3694-S3695]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 684. Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Ms. Cantwell) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1790, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. REPORT ON APPRENTICESHIPS AND ON-THE-JOB TRAINING 
                   FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND VETERANS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 270 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     collaboration with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and 
     Secretary of Labor, shall submit to the appropriate 
     committees of Congress a report on

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     the efforts of the Department of Defense to promote the 
     utilization of apprenticeships and on-the-job training by 
     members of the Armed Forces transitioning from service in the 
     Armed Forces to civilian life.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) An assessment of outreach efforts to members of the 
     Armed Forces with respect to the job training, employment 
     skills training, apprenticeships, internships, and 
     SkillBridge initiatives of the Department, including 
     recommendations by the Secretary of Defense on ways in which 
     such efforts could be improved.
       (2) An assessment of utilization rates of the initiatives 
     referred to in paragraph (1), disaggregated by military 
     department.
       (3) An explanation of efforts undertaken by the Secretary 
     of Defense to coordinate and collaborate with the Secretary 
     of Veterans Affairs with respect to apprenticeships and on-
     the-job training in order to maximize utilization of job 
     training and education programs provided under laws 
     administered by either the Secretary of Defense or the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs, including efforts to highlight 
     apprenticeship and on-the-job training opportunities in the 
     Transition Assistance Program.
       (4) Recommendations for legislative or administrative 
     action to improve awareness, access, and utilization of 
     apprenticeships and on-the-job training programs by members 
     of the Armed Forces and veterans who have recently 
     transitioned from service in the Armed Forces to civilian 
     life.
       (c) Definition of Appropriate Committees of Congress.--In 
     this section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the congressional defense committees;
       (2) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
     and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate; and
       (3) Committee on Education and Labor and the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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