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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5448 

To clarify the time period for registering health care apprenticeships under 

the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’) and require the digitization of apprenticeship agreement 

forms under such Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 5, 2024 

Mr. WYDEN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To clarify the time period for registering health care apprenticeships under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly 

known as the ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’) and require the digitization of apprenticeship agreement forms 

under such Act, 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 ‘‘Fast Track Healthcare 

5 Apprenticeships Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. HEALTH CARE APPRENTICESHIP REGISTRATION. 

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

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

4 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.) is amended— 

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

6 (2) by inserting after section 3 the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 4. HEALTH CARE APPRENTICESHIP REGISTRATION. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In administering this Act, the 

9 Secretary of Labor shall establish a national apprentice10 ship system that provides, with respect to any application 

11 submitted seeking to register a program in the health care 

12 field as an apprenticeship program under this Act, that— 

13 ‘‘(1) a decision shall be provided to the appli14 cant on the application not later than 45 days after 

15 receipt of the application; and 

16 ‘‘(2) if a decision is not made within the 45 

17 days after receipt, a written explanation for the 

18 delay and an estimated timeline for a determination 

19 (that is not more than 90 days after the date of 

20 such written explanation) shall be provided to the 

21 applicant. 

22 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 ‘‘(1) HEALTH CARE FIELD.—The term ‘health 

24 care field’ means the following occupations: 

25 ‘‘(A) Healthcare practitioners and tech26 nical occupations, as described in the Bureau of 


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1 Labor Statistics Standard Occupational Classi2 fication System (or any corresponding occupa3 tion in any corresponding System). 

4 ‘‘(B) Healthcare support occupations, as 

5 described in such System (or any corresponding 

6 occupation in any corresponding System). 

7 ‘‘(2) NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP SYSTEM.— 

8 The term ‘national apprenticeship system’ means the 

9 system established by the Secretary of Labor to 

10 carry out the activities authorized and directed to be 

11 carried out under section 1.’’. 

12 SEC. 3. DIGITIZATION OF APPRENTICESHIP AGREEMENT 

13 FORMS. 

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

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

16 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.), as amended by section 2, is 

17 further amended by inserting after section 4 (as added 

18 by section 2) the following: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 5. DIGITIZATION OF APPRENTICESHIP AGREEMENT 

20 FORMS. 

21 ‘‘In administering this Act, the Secretary of Labor 

22 shall establish a national apprenticeship system (as such 

23 term is defined in section 4) that provides that any ap24 prenticeship agreement form for such system (including 


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1 any employer agreement form or any disability disclosure 

2 form) shall be digitized.’’. 

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