Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Amendment Act

Bill: 116-hr-4933
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
Introduced: 2019-10-30
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Child care and development

Employment and training programs

Transportation costs

Women's employment
Latest action: action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8789)

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-10-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Amendment Act</b></p> <p>This bill expands the technical assistance provided by community-based organizations under the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act to certain employers and labor organizations to include reimbursement for childcare and transportation expenses incurred by participants in apprenticeship programs.</p> <p>It also modifies selection criteria for grantees to require the Department of Labor to select not fewer than one employer or labor union from each state to receive technical assistance.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4933 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 30, 2019 Mr. Veasey (for himself and Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act to provide for reimbursement of certain expenses and to establish new requirements for selection of grantees, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Amendment Act . 2. In general Section 4 of the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (6), by striking and ; (B) in paragraph (7), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (8) reimbursement to individuals for childcare and transportation expenses incurred as a result of participation in a program funded under this section. ; and (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: (b) Selection of employer and labor unions The Secretary shall select not fewer than 1 employer or labor union from each State, and not fewer than 50 employers or labor unions total, to receive technical assistance provided with grants made under subsection (a). .