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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 10122 

To require the Secretary of Labor to implement the industry-recognized 

apprenticeship program process, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 14, 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 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Labor to implement the industryrecognized apprenticeship program process, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Developing America’s 

5 Workforce Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED APPRENTICESHIP PRO2 GRAMS. 

3 The Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as 

4 the ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 

5 63; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.), is amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating section 4 as section 5; and 

7 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 4. INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED APPRENTICESHIP PRO9 GRAMS. 

10 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

11 ‘‘(1) INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED APPRENTICESHIP

12 PROGRAM.—The term ‘industry-recognized appren13 ticeship program’— 

14 ‘‘(A) means a high-quality, competency15 based apprenticeship program that is— 

16 ‘‘(i) recognized by a standards rec17 ognition entity; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) developed or delivered by an enti19 ty such as a trade or industry group, cor20 poration, nonprofit organization, institu21 tion of higher education, labor organiza22 tion, or labor-management organization 

23 (among other entities, as determined ap24 propriate by the Secretary); and 

25 ‘‘(B) may include a program that meets 

26 the requirements of subparagraph (A) and 


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1 trains apprentices to perform construction ac2 tivities. 

3 ‘‘(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 

4 the Secretary of Labor. 

5 ‘‘(3) STANDARDS RECOGNITION ENTITY.—The 

6 term ‘standards recognition entity’ means a private 

7 sector or public sector entity that— 

8 ‘‘(A) is recognized by the Secretary (acting 

9 through the Administrator of the Office of Ap10 prenticeship of the Department of Labor) for 

11 purposes of recognizing apprenticeship pro12 grams as industry-recognized apprenticeship 

13 programs; 

14 ‘‘(B) has a demonstrated ability to ensure 

15 an industry-recognized apprenticeship program 

16 meets the standards described in subsection (c); 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(C) has the capacity to perform the over19 sight necessary to ensure the ongoing compli20 ance of an industry-recognized apprenticeship 

21 program with such standards. 

22 ‘‘(b) RECOGNITION OF INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED AP23 PRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

25 the date of enactment of the Developing America’s 


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1 Workforce Act, the Secretary, after consultation 

2 with private sector industry associations, institutions 

3 of higher education, State, local, and Tribal govern4 mental agencies, and other stakeholders the Sec5 retary determines appropriate, shall establish a proc6 ess to recognize entities as standards recognition en7 tities for purposes of recognizing industry-recognized 

8 apprenticeship programs under this Act. 

9 ‘‘(2) LIMITED DISCRETION.—The Secretary 

10 shall not deny recognition as a standards recognition 

11 entity to a private sector or public sector entity that 

12 meets the requirements of subparagraphs (B) and 

13 (C) of subsection (a)(3) and satisfactorily completes 

14 the process established under paragraph (1). 

15 ‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE FLEXIBILITY.—The Sec16 retary shall ensure that the recognition process for 

17 standards recognition entities established under 

18 paragraph (1) is a flexible process with low adminis19 trative and reporting burdens for the standards rec20 ognition entities and industry-recognized apprentice21 ship programs. 

22 ‘‘(c) STANDARDS.—Each standards recognition entity 

23 shall establish standards for the industry-recognized ap24 prenticeship programs recognized by the entity that, at a 


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1 minimum, ensure that each industry-recognized appren2 ticeship program— 

3 ‘‘(1) includes— 

4 ‘‘(A) paid work; 

5 ‘‘(B) on-the-job learning; 

6 ‘‘(C) a mentorship component; 

7 ‘‘(D) education and classroom instruction; 

8 ‘‘(E) a written development plan and ap9 prenticeship agreement; and 

10 ‘‘(F) safety and supervision components; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(2) provides, during participation in or upon 

13 completion of the apprenticeship, an industry-recog14 nized credential. 

15 ‘‘(d) PROGRAM PERFORMANCE.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make 

17 publicly available, in a manner that does not reveal 

18 personally identifiable information, the program out19 comes for each industry-recognized apprenticeship 

20 program recognized by the entity on the following 

21 performance measures— 

22 ‘‘(A) the percentage of program partici23 pants who are in unsubsidized employment dur24 ing the second quarter after exit from the pro25 gram; 


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1 ‘‘(B) the median earnings of program par2 ticipants who are in unsubsidized employment 

3 during the second quarter after exit from the 

4 program; 

5 ‘‘(C) the median earnings increase of pro6 gram participants that exited the program, cal7 culated as the median participant earnings in 

8 unsubsidized employment during the second 

9 quarter after exit from the program minus me10 dian participant earnings in the second quarter 

11 prior to entering the program; and 

12 ‘‘(D) the percentage of program partici13 pants who obtain an industry recognized cre14 dential during participation in or within 1 year 

15 after exit from the program. 

16 ‘‘(2) PARTICIPANT INFORMATION.—A standards 

17 recognition entity shall report, on an annual basis, 

18 to the Secretary any participant data determined ap19 propriate by the Secretary for the purposes of para20 graph (1). 

21 ‘‘(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec22 tion shall be construed as affecting apprenticeship pro23 grams registered under this Act and recognized by the 

24 Secretary of Labor.’’. 

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