HR 4965 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

LEARNS Act

Introduced Oct 31, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Mark Pocan D-WI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 31, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedOct 31, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Leveraging Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act or the LEARNS Act

This bill establishes, in the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor, an Office of Apprenticeship to

  • determine whether an apprenticeship program meets requirements for registration and maintains the standards necessary to remain registered,
  • manage the national apprenticeship system (the collective group of registered apprenticeship programs and pre-apprenticeship programs in the nation), and
  • make grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities to carry out projects that support development of pre-apprenticeship programs.

The bill also establishes in Labor a National Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships.

Labor and the Department of Education shall establish a voluntary Registered Apprenticeship-College Collaborative consisting of the sponsors carrying out registered apprenticeship programs, two- or four-year postsecondary educational institutions, and organizations that represent such programs or institutions, that agree to meet certain criteria in order to promote stronger connections between the registered apprenticeship programs involved and participating two- and four-year postsecondary educational institutions.

Labor shall make assistance payments to eligible sponsors of new registered apprenticeship programs or of existing programs that add employers as new partners.

Cosponsors 64

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 31, 2019 to Feb 14, 2020, with 56 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalOct 31, 2019
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalOct 31, 2019
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalOct 31, 2019
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalOct 31, 2019
D-MIAndy LevinOriginalOct 31, 2019
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalOct 31, 2019
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalOct 31, 2019
D-NMBen Ray LujánOriginalOct 31, 2019
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalOct 31, 2019
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalOct 31, 2019
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceOriginalOct 31, 2019
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalOct 31, 2019
D-PAConor LambOriginalOct 31, 2019
D-IACynthia AxneOriginalOct 31, 2019
D-MIDaniel T. KildeeOriginalOct 31, 2019
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 31, 2019Introduced in House
  2. Oct 31, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1168WORKER ActRelated billMar 6, 2019
S 3245WORKER ActRelated billJan 28, 2020

Subjects

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

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  1. Oct 31, 2019Introduced in House

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