(ii) the sponsors of the pre-apprentice-
ship programs or the apprenticeship pro-
grams; and 
(iii) the local areas in which the indi-
viduals who received a stipend participated 
in such programs. 
(2) FOLLOW-UP REPORTS.—For each of the 3 
years after the date that the Secretary submits the 
report under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall sub-
mit to Congress a report that summarizes the infor-
mation in the reports received from the States under 
subsection (d)(2) for the preceding year. 
(3) DISAGGREGATION.—The information sub-
mitted 
under 
paragraph 
(1)(A) 
shall 
be 
disaggregated in accordance with the disaggregation 
requirements of subsection (d)(2). 
(f) STIPEND AMOUNTS EXCLUDED FROM FEDERAL 
TAXATION.—Stipend amounts awarded under this Act 
may not be included in the gross income of the individual 
who benefitted from such stipend for purposes of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986. 
(g) DISREGARD STIPEND AMOUNTS IN OTHER FED-
ERAL PROGRAMS.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, a stipend distributed to an eligible child care pro-
vider under this Act shall not be taken into account in 
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determining the need or eligibility of the individual who 
benefitted from such stipend for benefits or assistance, or 
the amount of such benefits or assistance, under any Fed-
eral, State, or local program financed in whole or in part 
with Federal funds. 
(h) 
SUPPLEMENT
AND
NOT
SUPPLANT.—Any 
monthly stipend distributed to an eligible child care pro-
vider on behalf of an individual under this Act shall sup-
plement and not supplant the wages such individual earns 
while participating in a pre-apprenticeship program or ap-
prenticeship program. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this Act $100,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2024–2025. 
(2) RESERVATION.—The Secretary shall reserve 
1.5 percent of the funds appropriated under para-
graph (1) for each fiscal year to carry out the study 
and report required by subsection (e). 
(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAM.—The term 
‘‘apprenticeship program’’ means an apprenticeship 
program registered under the Act of August 16, 
1937 (commonly known as the ‘‘National Appren-
ticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 
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50 et seq.), including any requirement, standard, or 
rule promulgated under such Act. 
(2) ELIGIBLE
CHILD
CARE
PROVIDER.—The 
term ‘‘eligible child care provider’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 658P of the Child Care 
and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 9858n). 
(3) 
PRE-APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘‘pre-apprenticeship program’’ means a pro-
gram, initiative, or set of strategies that— 
(A) is designed to prepare individuals to 
participate in an apprenticeship program, in-
cluding preparing individuals with the skills and 
competencies necessary to succeed in such pro-
gram; 
(B) is carried out by an entity that has en-
tered into a formal agreement with one or more 
sponsors of an apprenticeship program; and 
(C) includes— 
(i) theoretical education (including the 
use of curricula); and 
(ii) training (including hands-on train-
ing)— 
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(I) aligned with industry stand-
ards of an apprenticeship program; 
and 
(II) that does not displace an em-
ployee where such training takes 
place. 
(4) STATE BOARD.—The term ‘‘State board’’ 
means a State workforce development board estab-
lished under section 101 of the Worker Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101). 
(5) WIOA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘area career 
and technical education school’’, ‘‘community-based 
organization’’, ‘‘in-demand industry sector or occu-
pation’’, ‘‘local area’’, ‘‘local board’’, ‘‘local edu-
cational agency’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, and ‘‘State’’, 
have the meaning given such terms in section 3 of 
the Worker Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3103). 
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