Apprenticeship Freedom Act

Bill: 118-hr-8178
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2024-04-30
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8178 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 30, 2024 Mr. Good of Virginia (for himself and Mrs. Miller of Illinois ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to remove the requirements relating to registered apprenticeships.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Apprenticeship Freedom Act . 2. WIOA amendments (a) Career pathway Section 3(7)(B) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3102(7)(B) ) is amended by striking registered and all that follows, and inserting a semicolon. (b) Identification of eligible providers Section 122(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3152(a) ) is amended— (1) by amending paragraph (2)(B) to read as follows: (B) an entity that carries out apprenticeships; or ; and (2) in paragraph (3), by striking for so long as the corresponding program of the provider remains registered . (c) Youthbuild program Section 171 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3226 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking paragraph (10); and (B) by redesignating paragraphs (11) and (12) as paragraphs (10) and (11), respectively; and (2) by striking registered each place it appears.