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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8766 

To direct the Secretary of Labor to provide for data collection and dissemination of information regarding programs under the national apprenticeship 

system, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 17, 2020 

Mr. PAPPAS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Labor to provide for data collection and dissemination of information regarding programs under the national apprenticeship system, 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 ‘‘Apprenticeship Pro5 gram National Scorecard Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INFORMATION COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION. 

2 The Secretary of Labor shall provide for data collec3 tion and dissemination of information regarding programs 

4 under the national apprenticeship system, including— 

5 (1) not later than 1 year after the date of the 

6 enactment of this Act, establishing and supporting a 

7 single information technology infrastructure to sup8 port data collection and reporting from State Ap9 prenticeship Agencies, State Offices of Apprentice10 ship, grantees, program sponsors, and program ad11 ministrators under the national apprenticeship sys12 tem by providing for a data infrastructure that— 

13 (A) is developed and maintained by the 

14 Secretary, with input from national data and 

15 privacy experts, is informed by best practices on 

16 public provision of credential information, and 

17 to the extent practicable, aligns with the tech18 nology infrastructure for related Federal pro19 grams, such as the technology infrastructure 

20 used under the Workforce Innovation and Op21 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.); 

22 (B) best meets the needs of the national 

23 apprenticeship system stakeholders reporting 

24 data to the Secretary or State Apprenticeship 

25 Agencies, including through the provision of 

26 technical assistance and financial assistance as 


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1 necessary to ensure reporting systems are 

2 equipped to report into a single information 

3 technology infrastructure; and 

4 (C) is aligned with data from the perform5 ance data as required by the Secretary; and 

6 (2) providing for data sharing that includes 

7 making nonpersonally identifiable apprenticeship 

8 data available on a publicly accessible website that 

9 is searchable and comparable, through the use of 

10 common, linked, open-data description language, 

11 such as the credential transparency description lan12 guage or a substantially similar resource, so that in13 terested parties can become aware of apprenticeship 

14 opportunities and of program outcomes that best 

15 meets the needs of youth apprentices, pre-appren16 tices, and apprentices, employers, education and 

17 training providers, program sponsors, and relevant 

18 stakeholders, including— 

19 (A) information on program offerings 

20 under the national apprenticeship system based 

21 on geographical location and apprenticeable oc22 cupation; 

23 (B) information on education and training 

24 providers providing opportunities under such 

25 system, including whether programs under such 


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1 system offer dual or concurrent enrollment pro2 grams, articulation agreements, and recognized 

3 postsecondary credentials as part of the pro4 gram offerings; 

5 (C) information about the educational and 

6 occupational credentials and related com7 petencies of programs under such system; and 

8 (D) information based on the most recent 

9 data available to the Secretary that is con10 sistent with national standards and practices. 

11 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

12 In this Act: 

13 (1) APPRENTICESHIP.—The term ‘‘apprentice14 ship’’ or ‘‘apprenticeship program’’ means an ap15 prenticeship— 

16 (A) registered with the Department of 

17 Labor under the Act of August 16, 1937 (com18 monly known as the ‘‘National Apprenticeship 

19 Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 

20 et seq.), or State Apprenticeship Agency recog21 nized by the Department of Labor; and 

22 (B) that complies with the requirements of 

23 subpart A of part 29, and part 30 of title 29, 

24 Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on 

25 September 18, 2020). 


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1 (2) NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP SYSTEM.—The 

2 term ‘‘national apprenticeship system’’ means the 

3 apprenticeship programs, youth apprenticeship pro4 grams, and pre-apprenticeship programs registered 

5 under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly re6 ferred to as the National Apprenticeship Act). 

7 (3) RECOGNIZED POSTSECONDARY CREDEN8 TIAL.—The term ‘‘recognized postsecondary creden9 tial’’ has the meaning given the term in section 3 of 

10 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

11 U.S.C. 3102), except that such term does not in12 clude a certificate of completion of an apprentice13 ship. 

14 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

15 the Secretary of Labor. 

16 SEC. 4. FUNDING. 

17 Any funds appropriated under this Act shall only be 

18 used for, or provided to, programs under the national ap19 prenticeship system, including any funds awarded for the 

20 purposes of grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, 

21 or the development, implementation, or administration, of 

22 programs under the national apprenticeship system. 

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