rate of employment for participants after completing 
a job training and education program carried out 
using a grant under this section. 
(l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$5,000,000 for each fiscal years 2019 through 2023. 
(m) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AREA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION 
SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘area career and technical edu-
cation school’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech-
nical Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2302). 
(2) APPRENTICESHIP.—The term ‘‘apprentice-
ship’’ means an apprenticeship registered under the 
Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the 
‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chap-
ter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.). 
(3) COVERED
FACILITIES
OF
THE
NATIONAL 
NUCLEAR
SECURITY
ADMINISTRATION.—The term 
‘‘covered facilities of the National Nuclear Security 
Administration’’ means national security laboratories 
and nuclear weapons production facilities (as such 
terms are defined in section 4002 of the Atomic En-
ergy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2501)). 
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(4) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘commu-
nity college’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘junior 
or community college’’ in section 312(f) of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058(f)). 
(5) ELIGIBLE
SPONSOR.—The term ‘‘eligible 
sponsor’’ means a public organization or an organi-
zation described in section 501(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation 
under section 501(a) of that Code, that— 
(A) with respect to an apprenticeship pro-
gram, administers such program through a 
partnership that may include— 
(i) a business; 
(ii) an employer or industry associa-
tion; 
(iii) a labor-management organization; 
(iv) a local workforce development 
board or State workforce development 
board; 
(v) a two- or four-year institution of 
higher education that offers an educational 
program leading to an associate’s or bach-
elor’s degree in conjunction with a certifi-
cate of completion of apprenticeship; 
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(vi) the Armed Forces (including the 
National Guard and Reserves); 
(vii) a community-based organization; 
and 
(viii) an economic development agen-
cy; and 
(B) with respect to a preapprenticeship 
program, is a local educational agency, a sec-
ondary school, an area career and technical 
education school, a State workforce develop-
ment board, a local workforce development 
board, or a community-based organization, that 
administers such program with any required co-
ordination and necessary approvals from the 
Secretary of Labor or a State Department of 
Labor. 
(6) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘local edu-
cational agency’’ and ‘‘secondary school’’ have the 
meanings given the terms in section 8101 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7801). 
(7) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
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(8) JOURNEYMAN.—A skilled worker who has 
successfully completed an official apprenticeship 
qualification in a building trade or craft. They are 
considered competent and authorized to work in that 
field as a fully qualified employee. A journeyman 
earns their license by education, supervised experi-
ence, and examination. 
(9) PREAPPRENTICESHIP.—The term ‘‘preap-
prenticeship’’, used with respect to a program, 
means an initiative or set of strategies that— 
(A) is designed to prepare individuals to 
enter and succeed in an apprenticeship pro-
gram; 
(B) is carried out by an eligible sponsor 
described in paragraph (5) that has a docu-
mented partnership with one or more sponsors 
of apprenticeship programs; and 
(C) includes each of the following: 
(i) Training (including a curriculum 
for the training), aligned with industry 
standards related to apprenticeships, and 
reviewed and approved annually by spon-
sors of the apprenticeships within the doc-
umented partnership, that will prepare in-
dividuals by teaching the skills and com-
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petencies needed to enter one or more ap-
prenticeship programs. 
(ii) Provision of hands-on training and 
theoretical education to individuals that— 
(I) is carried out in a manner 
that includes proper observation of su-
pervision and safety protocols; and 
(II) is carried out in a manner 
that does not displace a paid em-
ployee. 
(iii) A formal agreement with a spon-
sor of an apprenticeship program that 
would enable participants who successfully 
complete the preapprenticeship program to 
enter directly into the apprenticeship pro-
gram (if a place in the program is avail-
able and if the participant meets the quali-
fications of the apprenticeship program), 
and includes agreements concerning earn-
ing credit towards the apprenticeship pro-
gram. 
(10) RELATED INSTRUCTION.—The term ‘‘re-
lated instruction’’ means an organized and system-
atic form of instruction designed to provide an ap-
prentice with the knowledge of the theoretical and 
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