(i) at least 1-, 2-, or 4-year postsec-
ondary educational institution participating 
in the Collaborative; and 
(ii) at least 1 sponsor of a registered 
apprenticeship program participating in 
the Collaborative. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2017 and each subsequent year. 
TITLE II—PROGRAM DEVELOP-
MENT AND ENHANCEMENT 
SEC. 201. EXPANDING REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide pay-
ments of assistance for eligible sponsors of new (as of the 
date of submission of an application under subsection (b)) 
registered apprenticeship programs, or for eligible spon-
sors of existing registered apprenticeship programs that 
add employers as new (as of such date) partners, which 
may include joint labor-management registered appren-
ticeship programs. 
(b) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive pay-
ments under this section for a registered apprenticeship 
program, a sponsor shall submit an application to the Sec-
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retary including information demonstrating that (as of the 
date of submission)— 
(1)(A) for a new registered apprenticeship pro-
gram, the program received recognition as a reg-
istered apprenticeship program within the 36 
months preceding that date; or 
(B) for an existing registered apprenticeship 
program (which may include joint labor-management 
registered apprenticeship programs), employers were 
added as new partners within the 36 months pre-
ceding that date; 
(2) the sponsor offered jobs that lead to eco-
nomic self-sufficiency, as determined by a local 
workforce development board located in the same 
local workforce development area (meaning a local 
area, as defined in section 3 of the Workforce Inno-
vation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102)); 
(3) the sponsor has demonstrated success in en-
rolling, instructing, advancing, and graduating indi-
viduals in the relevant registered apprenticeship pro-
gram, and in the employment of such individuals 
after completion of the program; and 
(4) the sponsor had not received a payment 
under subsection (d) for that registered apprentice-
ship program. 
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(c) USE OF FUNDS.—In providing assistance under 
this section, the Secretary shall arrange to provide pay-
ments as described in subsection (a) for eligible sponsors, 
as funds are available under this section. Funds made 
available through such a payment shall be used to reim-
burse an eligible sponsor for the allowable costs of estab-
lishing or expanding the registered apprenticeship pro-
gram involved. The maximum total payment to any one 
sponsor may not exceed $25,000 or 50 percent of the al-
lowable costs. 
(d) DISBURSEMENT.—The Secretary shall enter into 
arrangements with State workforce development boards to 
make disbursements through the local workforce develop-
ment boards described in subsection (b)(2) to provide the 
payments to the eligible sponsors. 
(e) EVALUATIONS.—Sponsors receiving grants under 
this section shall, to the extent practicable, cooperate with 
the Secretary in the conduct of evaluations of the activities 
carried out under this section. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 
for fiscal year 2017 and each subsequent year. 
(2) RESERVATION.—The Secretary may reserve 
5 percent of the amount appropriated under para-
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graph (1) for a fiscal year for distribution to the 
State workforce development boards and local work-
force development boards, to pay for the costs of the 
boards associated with making determinations under 
subsection (b)(2) and disbursements under sub-
section (d), and as funds remain available, other 
costs of administration and management, technical 
assistance, research, and evaluation under this Act. 
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