S 3802 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

EARNS Act

Introduced Dec 20, 2018 Originated Senate Sponsor Patty Murray D-WA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 20, 2018 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedDec 20, 2018
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act or the EARNS Act

This bill (1) establishes in the Department of Labor an Office of Apprenticeship and a National Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships, (2) provides for federal recognition of state apprenticeship agencies, (3) establishes a process and standards for the national apprenticeship system, (4) directs Labor to provide for evaluations of programs and activities and research on best practices in covered apprenticeship programs, and (5) sets up a grant program to modernize and expand apprenticeship programs.

Cosponsors 4

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 20, 2018.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-UTOrrin G. HatchOriginalDec 20, 2018
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalDec 20, 2018
D-VATim KaineOriginalDec 20, 2018
R-SCTim ScottOriginalDec 20, 2018

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 20, 2018Introduced in Senate
  2. Dec 20, 2018Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 20, 2018Introduced in Senate

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