TRADES Act

Bill: 118-hr-193
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rosendale Sr., Matthew M. [R-MT-2]
Introduced: 2023-01-09
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Labor

Employment and training programs

Labor standards
Latest action: action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-01-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Teach Relevant Apprenticeships to Drive Economic Success Act or the TRADES Act</strong></p> <p>This bill provides statutory authority for federal regulations titled <i>Apprenticeship Programs, Labor Standards for Registration, Amendment of Regulations</i>, originally published by the Department of Labor on March 11, 2020, and later rescinded on November 25, 2022.</p> <p>The rules permit the Department of Labor's Office of Apprenticeship to recognize qualified third-party entities, known as Standards Recognition Entities (SREs), which then evaluate and recognize Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAPs).</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 193 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 9, 2023 Mr. Rosendale introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To provide that certain regulations shall have the force and effect of enacted law.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Teach Relevant Apprenticeships to Drive Economic Success Act or the TRADES Act . 2. Legal effect (a) In general The provisions of part 29 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, relating to industry-recognized apprenticeship programs, as amended by the final regulations entitled Apprenticeship Programs, Labor Standards for Registration, Amendment of Regulations published by the Department of Labor in the Federal Register on March 11, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 14294 et seq.) shall have the force and effect of enacted law. (b) Funding Amounts appropriated to carry out the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the National Apprenticeship Act ; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq. ) shall also be made available to carry out the provisions described in subsection (a).