Title: Support for Veterans in Effective Apprenticeships Act of 2019
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
Support for Veterans in Effective Apprenticeships Act of 2019
This bill requires the Department of Labor to revise its registered apprenticeship programs to include additional program requirements for increasing the access of veterans and their survivors or dependents to such programs.
Labor must acquire written assurance that sponsors of apprenticeship programs (1) are aware of the availability of educational assistance for veterans and eligible individuals for use in such programs, (2) will make a good faith effort to obtain approval for such educational assistance for at least each program location that employs or recruits such recipients, and (3) will not deny a qualified applicant to avoid making a good faith effort to obtain approval for educational assistance.
In addition, Labor must (1) require program sponsors to provide standards that contain provisions to grant advanced standing or credit, (2) provide increased wages commensurate to such standing or credit for veterans or individuals eligible for educational assistance, and (3) provide a copy of the approved apprenticeship program's certificate of registration to the state approving agency.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5314 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5314

To enable registered apprenticeship programs to better serve veterans, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 5, 2019

Ms. Clark of Massachusetts (for herself, Mr. McKinley, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. 
Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Cisneros, and Mr. Stivers) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                                 Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To enable registered apprenticeship programs to better serve veterans, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Support for Veterans in Effective 
Apprenticeships Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM COORDINATION BETWEEN THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Registered apprenticeship program.--The term 
        ``registered apprenticeship program'' means an apprenticeship 
        program registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 (50 Stat. 
        664; commonly referred to as the ``National Apprenticeship 
        Act'').
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Labor.
    (b) Additional Registered Apprenticeship Program Requirements.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for any program applying to 
become a registered apprenticeship program on or after the date that is 
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall--
            (1) acquire from the program sponsor a written assurance 
        that the sponsor--
                    (A) is aware of the availability of educational 
                assistance for a veteran or other individual eligible 
                under chapters 30 through 36 of title 38, United States 
                Code, for use in connection with a registered 
                apprenticeship program;
                    (B) will make a good faith effort to obtain 
                approval for educational assistance described in 
                subparagraph (A) for, at a minimum, each program 
                location that employs or recruits a veteran or other 
                individual eligible for educational assistance under 
                chapters 30 through 36 of title 38, United States Code; 
                and
                    (C) will not deny the application of a qualified 
                candidate who is a veteran or other individual eligible 
                for educational assistance described in subparagraph 
                (A) for the purpose of avoiding making a good faith 
                effort to obtain approval as described in subparagraph 
                (B);
            (2) in accordance with paragraphs (5) and (12) of section 
        29.5(b) of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect 
        on the day before the date of enactment of this Act), require 
        the program sponsor, to the extent practicable, to provide 
        standards that contain provisions to grant advanced standing or 
        credit, and provide increased wages commensurate to such 
        standing or credit, for any veteran or other individual 
        eligible for educational assistance under chapters 30 through 
        36 of title 38, United States Code, who--
                    (A) is enrolled in the registered apprenticeship 
                program; and
                    (B)(i) has a demonstrated competence applicable to 
                the apprenticeship occupation; or
                    (ii) has acquired experience, training, or skills 
                through military service that is applicable to the 
                apprenticeship occupation; and
            (3) when the Secretary approves the registered 
        apprenticeship program, provide a copy of the program's 
        certificate of registration to the State approving agency 
        designated under chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code, in 
        the State where the program is located.
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