[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 17, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S1123]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4418. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee 
on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Fast Track Healthcare 
     Apprenticeships Act''.

     SEC. 2. HEALTH CARE APPRENTICESHIP REGISTRATION.

       The Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the 
     ``National Apprenticeship Act''; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 
     29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating section 4 as section 6; and
       (2) by inserting after section 3 the following:

     ``SEC. 4. HEALTH CARE APPRENTICESHIP REGISTRATION.

       ``(a) In General.--In administering this Act, the Secretary 
     of Labor shall establish a national apprenticeship system 
     that provides, with respect to any application submitted 
     seeking to register a program in the health care field as an 
     apprenticeship program under this Act, that--
       ``(1) a decision shall be provided to the applicant on the 
     application not later than 45 days after receipt of the 
     application; and
       ``(2) if a decision is not made within the 45 days after 
     receipt, a written explanation for the delay and an estimated 
     timeline for a determination (that is not more than 90 days 
     after the date of such written explanation) shall be provided 
     to the applicant.
       ``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Health care field.--The term `health care field' 
     means the following occupations:
       ``(A) Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations, 
     as described in the Bureau of Labor Statistics Standard 
     Occupational Classification System (or any corresponding 
     occupation in any corresponding System).
       ``(B) Healthcare support occupations, as described in such 
     System (or any corresponding occupation in any corresponding 
     System).
       ``(2) National apprenticeship system.--The term `national 
     apprenticeship system' means the system established by the 
     Secretary of Labor to carry out the activities authorized and 
     directed to be carried out under section 1.''.

     SEC. 3. DIGITIZATION OF APPRENTICESHIP AGREEMENT FORMS.

       The Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the 
     ``National Apprenticeship Act''; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 
     29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.), as amended by section 2, is further 
     amended by inserting after section 4 (as added by section 2) 
     the following:

     ``SEC. 5. DIGITIZATION OF APPRENTICESHIP AGREEMENT FORMS.

       ``In administering this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall 
     establish a national apprenticeship system (as such term is 
     defined in section 4) that provides that any apprenticeship 
     agreement form for such system (including any employer 
     agreement form or any disability disclosure form) shall be 
     digitized.''.
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