American women as compared to their White coun-
terparts. 
(4) Affirmed by the Department of Labor, di-
versity and inclusion within the workforce benefits 
employees and businesses across all industries, in-
cluding apprenticeship programs, which provide eco-
nomic mobility to its participants. 
(5) Through the combined efforts of building 
trades unions and community partners at the State 
and local level, there have been established more 
than 150 apprenticeship readiness programs across 
the United States that focus on creating pathways 
to Registered Programs for people of color, women, 
and veterans. Overall, from 2009 to 2019, building 
trades unions and their signatory contractors have 
invested over $100,000,000 in outreach efforts tar-
geting underrepresented communities to participate 
in apprenticeship readiness programs. Of the 4,800 
individuals who have successfully completed a build-
ing trades apprenticeship readiness program since 
2016, 70 percent were from communities of color 
and 22 percent were women. 
(6) The disproportionately highunemployment 
rates, combined with low participation rates from 
African Americans in registered apprenticeship pro-
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grams not only constitute a national crisis but a na-
tional tragedy for the young African Americans, 
many of whom are fathers and mothers who, without 
jobs, are unable to provide for their families or 
home. 
SEC. 3. DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION ADMINISTRATOR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established within the 
Office of Apprenticeship in the Office of Employment and 
Training Administration of the Department of Labor a po-
sition to be known as the ‘‘Diversity and Inclusion Admin-
istrator’’. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Diversity and Inclusion 
Administrator shall— 
(1) promote greater diversity, including an in-
crease in the participation of individuals who are Af-
rican American, Hispanic, Asian American or Pacific 
Islander, or Native American in the national appren-
ticeship system; 
(2) engage with institutions of higher education 
and other education and training providers with sec-
ondary, postsecondary, and adult education systems, 
including degree and credential requirements; 
(3) employers from nontraditional apprentice-
ship industries and occupations; and 
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(4) assist State apprenticeship agencies and 
sponsors in complying with the requirements of this 
Act. 
SEC. 4. REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP APPLICATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Office 
of Apprenticeship, acting through the Diversity and Inclu-
sion Administrator, shall require each entity seeking to 
register an apprenticeship under the Act of August 16, 
1937 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘National Apprentice-
ship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et 
seq.), to submit, as a part of the application to register 
such apprenticeship, a plan to increase participation of in-
dividuals who are African American. 
(b) RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION.—A registered ap-
prenticeship program seeking renewal of such registration 
under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly referred to 
as the ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chap-
ter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.), shall include in the applica-
tion for such registration a plan described in subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 5. GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Diversity and Inclusion Ad-
ministrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Edu-
cation as appropriate, shall award grants on a competitive 
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basis to eligible registered entities to create or expand di-
versity in registered apprenticeship programs. 
(b) TARGET PROGRAMS.—In issuing grants under 
subsection (a), the Diversity and Inclusion Administrator 
shall target registered apprenticeship programs in tradi-
tional and nontraditional apprenticeship industries or oc-
cupations, such as for programs demonstrating demand 
in construction, welding, electrical engineering, plumbing, 
information technology, energy, green jobs, advanced man-
ufacturing, health care, or cybersecurity. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—A grantee under this section 
may use funds— 
(1) to establish or expand partnerships with or-
ganizations that provide African-American partici-
pants and other nontraditional program participants 
access to financial planning, mentoring, and sup-
portive services that are necessary to enable an indi-
vidual to participate in and complete a program 
under the national apprenticeship system; 
(2) to conduct outreach and recruitment activi-
ties, including assessments of potential African- 
American participants and other nontraditional par-
ticipants for, and enrollment of such participants in, 
a program under the national apprenticeship system; 
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(3) to conduct outreach, engagement, recruit-
ment, and coordination of activities, for the purpose 
of establishing industry or sector partnerships and 
opportunities under the national apprenticeship sys-
tem, with— 
(A) employers; 
(B) industry associations; 
(C) labor and labor-management organiza-
tions; 
(D) qualified intermediaries; 
(E) education and training providers; 
(F) State or local workforce agencies; 
(G) potential sponsors; 
(H) community-based organizations; 
(I) communities with high numbers or per-
centages of individuals who are African Amer-
ican and other individuals from populations 
that the Secretary determines to be nontradi-
tional apprenticeship populations; 
(J) small- and medium-sized businesses; or 
(K) rural communities; 
(4) to carry out grant requirements, including 
program evaluation and reporting requirements; and 
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(5) to conduct any activities as described in the 
application that would advance the purposes of the 
grant. 
(d) GRANT RECIPIENT REPORT.—Each recipient of 
a grant under this section shall— 
(1) submit to the Diversity and Inclusion Ad-
ministrator a report at the conclusion of the grant 
period, which shall include— 
(A) a description of how the funds received 
through the grant were used to increase the 
participation of individuals who are African 
American, Hispanic, Asian American or Pacific 
Islander, or Native American in the program; 
(B) the total number of active program 
participants; 
(C) the total number that obtained unsub-
sidized employment in a field related to the 
apprenticeable occupation; 
(D) the total number of program partici-
pants that completed the program in which they 
were enrolled; 
(E) the average time to completion for 
each program; 
(F) the average cost per participant during 
the most recent program year; and 
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(G) the percentage of participants who re-
ceived additional support services; and 
(2) submit each report under paragraph (1)— 
(A) to the registration agency; and 
(B) to the Diversity and Inclusion Admin-
istrator. 
(e) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means— 
(1) a program sponsor; 
(2) a State workforce development board or 
State workforce agency, or a local workforce develop-
ment board or local workforce development agency; 
(3) an education and training provider, or a 
consortium thereof; 
(4) if the applicant is in a State with a State 
apprenticeship agency, such State apprenticeship 
agency; 
(5) an Indian Tribe or Tribal organization; 
(6) an industry or sector partnership, a group 
of employers, a trade association, or a professional 
association that sponsors or participates in a pro-
gram under the national apprenticeship system; 
(7) a Governor of a State; 
(8) a labor organization or joint-labor manage-
ment organization; 
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(9) a community organization working in part-
nership with one or more registered apprenticeship 
programs; or 
(10) a qualified intermediary. 
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following: 
(1) EDUCATION
AND
TRAINING
PROVIDER.— 
The 
term 
‘‘education 
and 
training 
provider’’ 
means— 
(A) an area career and technical education 
school; 
(B) an early college high school; 
(C) an educational service agency; 
(D) a high school; 
(E) a local educational agency or State 
educational agency; 
(F) a Tribal educational agency, Tribally 
controlled college or university, or Tribally con-
trolled postsecondary career and technical insti-
tution; 
(G) a postsecondary educational institu-
tion; 
(H) a minority-serving institution; 
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(I) a provider of adult education and lit-
eracy activities under the Adult Education and 
Family Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3271 et seq.); 
(J) a local agency administering plans 
under title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 
(29 U.S.C. 720 et seq.), other than section 112 
or part C of that title (29 U.S.C. 732, 741); 
(K) a related instruction provider, includ-
ing a qualified intermediary acting as a related 
instruction provider as approved by a registra-
tion agency; 
(L) a Job Corps center (as defined in sec-
tion 142 of the Workforce Innovation and Op-
portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3192)); or 
(M) a consortium of entities described in 
any of subparagraphs (A) through (L). 
(2) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 101 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
(3) NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP SYSTEM.—The 
term ‘‘national apprenticeship system’’ means the 
apprenticeship programs, youth apprenticeship pro-
grams, and preapprenticeship programs under the 
Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly referred to as 
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the ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, 
chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.). 
(4) NONTRADITIONAL APPRENTICESHIP POPU-
LATION.—The term ‘‘nontraditional apprenticeship 
population’’ means a group of individuals (such as 
individuals from the same gender, race, or ethnicity), 
the members of which comprise fewer than 25 per-
cent 
of 
the 
program 
participants 
in 
an 
apprenticeable occupation under the national ap-
prenticeship system. 
(5) NONTRADITIONAL APPRENTICESHIP INDUS-
TRY OR OCCUPATION.—The term ‘‘nontraditional ap-
prenticeship industry or occupation’’ refers to an in-
dustry sector or occupation that represents fewer 
than 10 percent of apprenticeable occupations or the 
programs under the national apprenticeship system. 
(6) REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.— 
The term ‘‘registered apprenticeship program’’ 
means an apprenticeship program registered under 
the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly referred to 
as the ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, 
chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.). 
(7) REGISTRATION AGENCY.—The term ‘‘reg-
istration agency’’ means the State Office of Appren-
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ticeship or State apprenticeship agency in a State 
that is responsible for— 
(A) approving or denying applications from 
sponsors for registration of programs under the 
national apprenticeship system in the State or 
area covered by the registration agency; and 
(B) carrying out the responsibilities of sup-
porting 
the 
youth 
apprenticeship, 
preapprenticeship, or apprenticeship programs 
registered by the registration agency. 
(8) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 3 of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102) 
and includes each of the outlying areas. 
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect beginning on April 22, 
2026. 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Labor to carry out this Act— 
(1) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; 
(2) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2027; 
(3) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2028; and 
(4) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2029. 
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