[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 22 (Friday, February 5, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D97-D99]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





House of Representatives

Chamber Action
     Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 50 public bills, 
     H.R. 18, 855-903; 1 private bill, H.R. 904; and 10 
     resolutions, H.J. Res. 15; and H. Res. 102-110, were 
     introduced                                           30Additional 
     Cosponsors:                                          30Reports 
     Filed: Report were filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 101, providing for the adoption of the concurrent resolution 
(S. Con. Res. 5) setting forth the congressional budget for the United 
States Government for fiscal year 2021 and setting forth the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030 (H. 
Rept. 117-5); and
  Committee on Rules. Survey of Activities of the House Committee on 
Rules for the 116th Congress (H. Rept. 116-722).          
                                                          Pages H463-66
     Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
     Representative Cuellar to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
     today.
      Apprenticeship Act of 2021: The House passed H.R. 447, to 
     ameionalnd the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly referred to 
     as the ``National Apprenticeship Act'') and expand the 
     national apprenticeship system to include apprenticeships, 
     youth apprenticeships, and pre-apprenticeship registered 
     under such Act, to promote the furtherance of labor standards 
     necessary to safeguard the welfare of apprentices, by a yea-
     and-nay vote of 247 yeas to 173 nays, Roll No. 31. 
                                               Pages H393-H440, H455-58
  Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment printed in part A of H. Rept. 
117-3 shall be considered as adopted.                         
                                                              Page H393
                                                             Agreed to:
  Levin (MI) en bloc amendment No. 2 consisting of the 
followingamendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 117-3: Feenstra (No. 
7) that includes the Department of Justice as an agency that the Office 
of Apprenticeship shall cooperate with in order to provide technical 
assistance in aligning the national apprenticeship system with 
mentorship programs in the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention; Golden (No. 8) that adds ``agriculture, forestry, fishing, 
and hunting'' to the list of eligible programs for non-traditional 
apprenticeship industries or occupations; Kilmer (No. 11) that adds 
``computer science'' to the list of eligible programs for 
nontraditional apprenticeship industries or occupations; Lamb (No. 12) 
that incorporates veterans into the underlying bill by adding veterans 
service organizations (VSOs) to the list of partner organizations 
involved in the national apprenticeship system; adding VSOs to the 
entities that should be contacted for promoting and raising awareness 
about apprenticeship opportunities, and adding veteran status as one of 
the demographic identifiers for reporting on apprenticeships; Pappas 
(No. 17) that allows for demonstration projects to provide for 
innovation in the national apprenticeship system, including activities 
responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency; Slotkin (No. 20) 
that adds ``Environmental Protection and Conservation'' to the category 
of Green Jobs under nontraditional apprenticeship industries or 
occupations; adds eligible expenses for apprenticeships grants, 
including equipment, instructional materials, etc.; Titus (No. 24) that 
adds ``hospitality and tourism'' to the list of eligible programs for 
nontraditional apprenticeship industries or occupations; and Trone (No. 
26) that directs the Office of Apprenticeship to coordinate with the 
Attorney General and Bureau of Prisons to support the establishment and 
expansion of pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs in all 
Federal correctional institutions, to offer technical assistance for 
State prison systems and employers seeking to operate or improve 
corrections-based pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeship programs, and to 
support the successful transition of individuals in correctional 
institutions to pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeship programs upon 
exiting from correctional settings;                       
                                                          Pages H424-26
  Levin (MI) en bloc amendment No. 3 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 117-3: Meng (No. 14) that 
includes user-friendly formats and languages that are easily accessible 
in efforts to promote youth apprenticeships and

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greater diversity in the national apprenticeship system; includes the 
FCC under the Ex Officio nonvoting members section of the National 
Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships; Moore (WI) (No. 15) that 
strengthens efforts to ensure that low-income individuals and others 
with barriers to employment are able to participate in apprenticeships, 
including in fields where such groups are underrepresented; Ocasio-
Cortez (No. 16) that includes ``renewable energy'' to energy 
occupations listed under eligible programs for nontraditional 
apprenticeship industries or occupations; Payne (No. 18) that expands 
apprenticeship and grant access for minority, veteran, and women-owned 
businesses; Ross (No. 19) that increases support to State 
apprenticeship agencies to establish or expand apprenticeship hubs, and 
workforce development organizations that support nontraditional 
populations and dislocated workers; Smith (WA) (No. 21) that allows 
pre-apprenticeship programs that receive grant funding under Title II 
to use funds to provide stipends to pre-apprentices for costs incurred 
during the pre-apprenticeship program such as housing, transportation, 
childcare, and other out-of-pocket expenses; Strickland (No. 23) that 
requires the Office of Apprenticeship to disseminate best practices to 
recruit nontraditional apprenticeship populations, women, minorities, 
long-term unemployed, individuals with a disability, individuals 
recovering from substance abuse disorders, veterans, military spouses, 
individuals experiencing homelessness, individuals impacted by the 
criminal or juvenile justice system, and foster and former foster 
youth; and Torres (NY) (No. 25) that ensures that grants are awarded to 
encourage employer participation in apprenticeship programs that target 
individuals with language barriers (English language learners); and 
                                                          Pages H426-28
  Levin (MI) en bloc amendment No. 1 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 117-3: Blunt Rochester (No. 1) 
that includes ``ethnicity'' as a ``non-traditional apprenticeship 
population,'' expands outreach to Title I schools for apprenticeship 
opportunities, expands coordination with Temporary Assistance for Needy 
Families (TANF) programs to promote awareness of related apprenticeship 
opportunities, and improves website accessibility; Brown (No. 2) that 
clarifies the requirement in the State plan for describing 
apprenticeship opportunities in nontraditional apprenticeship 
industries or occupations; Bush (No. 3) that includes child care as a 
transitional assistance program for formerly incarcerated people 
entering the workforce through apprenticeship programs; Castro (TX) 
(No. 4) that adds ``media and entertainment'' to the list of eligible 
programs for nontraditional apprenticeship industries or occupations; 
Crow (No. 5) that includes education and early childhood education 
occupations in the expansion of programs under the national 
apprenticeship system and ensures that individuals in these programs 
can access apprenticeship funds; Escobar (No. 6) that adds Job Corps to 
the list of Education and Training Providers, which allows Job Corps to 
qualify for apprenticeship grants or contracts that would support 
alignment between the national apprenticeship system and Job Corps and 
encourages the consideration of Job Corps as an education and training 
partner as apprenticeships are being developed; also allows 
apprentices, pre-apprentices, or youth apprentices to use emergency 
grant funding, provided by the program they are participating in, to 
obtain internet access; Higgins (NY) (No. 9) that ensures that the 
technical assistance provided to grant recipients includes facilitating 
a forum for sharing best practices to improve overall outcomes and meet 
grant requirements; and Lawrence (No. 13) that clarifies that 
intermediary grants can be used for national industry intermediaries, 
equity intermediaries, or local or regional intermediaries (by a yea-
and-nay vote of 243 yeas to 178 nays, Roll No. 28). 
                                                 Pages H421-24, H455-56
                                                              Rejected:
  Hill amendment (No. 10 printed in part B of H. Rept. 117-3) that 
sought to change the Title II funding partnership requirements to the 
extent practical to partner with an industry or with a labor or joint 
labor management organization (by a yea-and-nay vote of 186 yeas to 236 
nays, Roll No. 29); and                             
                                                    Pages H428-30, H456
  Stefanik amendment (No. 22 printed in part B of H. Rept. 117-3) that 
sought to provide authority for additional programs of work-based 
learning, strike the establishment of the National Advisory Committee 
and interagency agreement, and provide additional flexibility for the 
state plan process (by a yea-and-nay vote of 175 yeas to 245 nays, Roll 
No. 30).                                         
                                                 Pages H478-79, H430-40
  H. Res. 85, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
447) and the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 11) was agreed to 
Tuesday, February 2nd. Setting forth the congressional budget for the 
United States Government for fiscal year 2021 and setting forth the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030--Rule 
for Consideration: The House agreed to H. Res. 101, providing for the 
adoption of the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 5)setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2021 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2022 through 2030, by a yea-and-nay vote of 219 yeas to 209 nays, 
Roll No. 27, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay 
vote of 220 yeas to 210 nays, Roll No. 26.                
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  Upon adoption of H. Res. 101, S. Con. Res. 5 is hereby adopted. 
                                                          Pages H447-55
     Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk 
     and subsequently presented to the House today appears on page 
     H393.
     Quorum Calls--Votes: Six yea-and-nay votes developed during 
     the proceedings of today and appear on pages H446, H447, 
     H455, H456, H456-57, and H457-58.
     Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 6:48 
     p.m.