American Apprenticeship Act

Sponsored bySen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]MN· Introduced 11 février 2025

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

11 février 2025·1 year ago

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Introduced in Senate · Updated 3 mars 2026

American Apprenticeship Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Labor to make grants to assist states in carrying out projects that defray the cost of pre-apprenticeship or related instruction for qualified apprenticeship programs.

Labor shall (1) establish performance measures and an evaluation system for such grant program; and (2) identify in-demand occupations that lack the use of apprenticeships, analyze the use of the qualified apprenticeship program model in those occupations, and report on such analysis to states and Congress.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
11 février 2025 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
11 février 2025 · IntroReferral

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1 cosponsors

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Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]MN

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Republican1100%

Republican:Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]ME

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Labor and Employment

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Congressional oversightEducation programs fundingEmployment and training programsGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationPerformance measurementState and local government operationsVocational and technical education

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