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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1733 

To direct the Secretary of Labor to enter into contracts with industry intermediaries for purposes of promoting the development of and access 

to apprenticeships in the technology sector, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 13, 2019 

Mr. MOULTON (for himself, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Mr. KILMER, Mr. 

EMMER, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mrs. MURPHY, Mr. 

HIMES, Mr. RYAN, Mr. O’HALLERAN, and Mr. LAMB) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Labor to enter into contracts 

with industry intermediaries for purposes of promoting 

the development of and access to apprenticeships in the 

technology sector, 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 ‘‘CHampioning Appren5 ticeships for New Careers and Employees in TECHnology 

6 Act’’ or the ‘‘CHANCE in TECH Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) During any given 90-day period there can 

4 be more than 500,000 information technology job 

5 openings in the United States. 

6 (2) Employment in the technology sector is 

7 growing twice as fast as employment in the United 

8 States. 

9 (3) Jobs in the technology sector tend to pro10 vide higher pay and better benefits than other jobs 

11 and have been more resilient to economic downturn 

12 than jobs available in other private sector industries. 

13 (4) Information technology skills are transfer14 able across nearly all industries. 

15 (5) Exceptional education and on-the-job train16 ing programs exist and should be scaled to meet the 

17 demands of the modern technology workforce. 

18 (6) Adoption of existing employer-driven inter19 mediary models, such as ApprenticeshipUSA under 

20 the Department of Labor, will help grow the infor21 mation technology workforce. 

22 (7) Career pathway education should start in 

23 high school through pathways and programs of 

24 study that align with local and regional employer 

25 needs. 


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1 (8) Preparing a student for a job in the tech2 nology sector is essential to the growth and competi3 tiveness of the economy in the United States in the 

4 21st century. 

5 (9) Nearly 800,000 information technology 

6 workers will retire between 2017 and 2024. 

7 (10) In 2016, the average salary in the infor8 mation technology sector was $108,000, while the 

9 average salary among all other sectors was $53,040. 

10 SEC. 3. TECHNOLOGY APPRENTICESHIP CONTRACTS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor (referred 

12 to in this section as ‘‘the Secretary’’) shall enter into con13 tracts with industry intermediaries for the purpose of pro14 moting the development of and access to apprenticeships 

15 in the technology sector, from amounts appropriated 

16 under subsection (e). 

17 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to be awarded a con18 tract under this section, an industry intermediary shall 

19 submit an application to the Secretary, at such time and 

20 in such a manner as may be required by the Secretary, 

21 that identifies proposed activities designed to further the 

22 purpose described in subsection (a). 

23 (c) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall award con24 tracts under this section based on competitive criteria to 

25 be prescribed by the Secretary. 


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1 (d) CONTRACTOR ACTIVITIES.—An industry inter2 mediary that is awarded a contract under this section may 

3 only use the funds made available through such contract 

4 to carry out activities designed to further the purpose de5 scribed in subsection (a), including— 

6 (1) facilitating the provision and development of 

7 apprenticeships in the technology sector through col8 laborations with public and private entities that pro9 vide job-related instruction, such as on-the-job train10 ing, pre-apprenticeship training, and technical train11 ing; 

12 (2) encouraging entities to establish such ap13 prenticeships; 

14 (3) identifying, assessing, and training appli15 cants for such apprenticeships who are— 

16 (A) enrolled in high school; 

17 (B) enrolled in an early college high school 

18 that focuses on education in STEM subjects; 

19 (C) individuals aged 18 years or older who 

20 meet appropriate qualification standards; or 

21 (D) enrolled in pre-apprenticeship or ap22 prenticeship training initiatives that allow 

23 adults to concurrently increase academic and 

24 workforce skills through proven, evidence-based 

25 models that connect all learning to the specific 


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1 apprenticeship involved and significantly accel2 erate completion of preparation for the appren3 ticeship; and 

4 (4) tracking the progress of such applicants 

5 who participate in such apprenticeships. 

6 SEC. 4. CHANCE IN TECH AWARDS FOR 21ST CENTURY 

7 SCHOOLS. 

8 (a) AWARDS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Edu9 cation may issue awards, to be known as ‘‘CHANCE in 

10 TECH Awards for 21st Century Schools’’, to schools (re11 ferred to in this section as ‘‘covered schools’’) that— 

12 (1) are secondary schools or junior or commu13 nity colleges; and 

14 (2) demonstrate high achievement in providing 

15 students necessary skills to compete in the 21st cen16 tury workforce. 

17 (b) CRITERIA.—In selecting a covered school for an 

18 award under subsection (a), the Secretary shall take into 

19 account— 

20 (1) the availability of STEM, career and tech21 nical education, and computer technology courses at 

22 the covered school; 

23 (2) State academic assessments, as described in 

24 section 111(b)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary 


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1 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)), of 

2 students at the covered school in STEM subjects; 

3 (3) any coordination between the covered school 

4 and local and regional employers in the technology 

5 sector for the purpose of providing work-based learn6 ing programs such as apprenticeships and intern7 ships; and 

8 (4) the availability of individualized plans pro9 vided by the covered school to students relating to 

10 postsecondary education or training, career paths, 

11 and financial aid. 

12 SEC. 5. FUNDING. 

13 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

14 this Act such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 

15 2019 and each subsequent fiscal year. 

16 SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 

17 In this Act: 

18 (1) APPRENTICESHIP.—The term ‘‘apprentice19 ship’’ means an apprenticeship registered under the 

20 Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the 

21 ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chap22 ter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.). 

23 (2) CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.—The 

24 term ‘‘career and technical education’’ has the 

25 meaning given such term in section 3 of the Carl D. 


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1 Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 

2 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302). 

3 (3) EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL.—The term 

4 ‘‘early college high school’’ has the meaning given 

5 such term in section 8101 of the Elementary and 

6 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

7 (4) HIGH SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘high school’’ 

8 has the meaning given such term in section 8101 of 

9 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

10 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

11 (5) INDUSTRY INTERMEDIARY.—The term ‘‘in12 dustry intermediary’’ means an entity that— 

13 (A) in order to accelerate apprenticeship 

14 program development and help establish new 

15 apprenticeship partnerships at the national, 

16 State, or regional level, serves as a conduit be17 tween an employer and an entity, such as— 

18 (i) an industry partner; 

19 (ii) the Department of Labor; and 

20 (iii) a State agency responsible for 

21 workforce development programs; 

22 (B) demonstrates a capacity to work with 

23 employers and other key partners to identify 

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1 ing to establish new apprenticeship programs; 

2 and 

3 (C) is an entity such as— 

4 (i) a business; 

5 (ii) a consortium of businesses; 

6 (iii) a business-related nonprofit orga7 nization, including industry associations 

8 and business federations; 

9 (iv) a private organization functioning 

10 as a workforce intermediary for the ex11 press purpose of serving the needs of busi12 nesses, including community-based non13 profit service providers and industry14 aligned training providers; or 

15 (v) a consortium of any of the entities 

16 described in clauses (i) through (iv). 

17 (6) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

18 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

19 meaning given such term in section 102 of the High20 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). 

21 (7) JUNIOR OR COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The 

22 term ‘‘junior or community college’’ has the meaning 

23 given the term in section 312(f) of the Higher Edu24 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058(f)). 


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1 (8) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

2 ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given 

3 such term in section 8101 of the Elementary and 

4 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

5 (9) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘sec6 ondary school’’ has the meaning given such term in 

7 section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu8 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

9 (10) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

10 ‘‘State educational agency’’ has the meaning given 

11 such term in section 8101 of the Elementary and 

12 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

13 (11) STEM.—The term ‘‘STEM’’ means 

14 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. 

15 (12) TECHNOLOGY SECTOR.—The term ‘‘tech16 nology sector’’ means the industry sector involved in 

17 the design or development of hardware, software, or 

18 security of digital data. 

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