HOUSE 3445117th CongressReferred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jobs, On-the-Job ‘Earn-While-You-Learn’ Training, and Apprenticeships for Young African Americans Act
- Last Action
- 5/20/2021
Actions
- 2021-05-20Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- 2021-05-20Introduced in House
- 2021-05-20Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-05-20 (00)
Jobs, On-the-Job 'Earn-While-You-Learn' Training, and Apprenticeships for Young African Americans Act
This bill makes changes to the national apprenticeship system aimed at promoting diversity.
Specifically, the bill
- establishes the Diversity and Inclusion Administrator in the Office Apprenticeship within the Office of Employment and Training Administration at the Department of Labor,
- requires every apprenticeship program that registers or renews an apprenticeship with the Office of Apprenticeship to submit a plan to increase participation by individuals who are African American, and
- requires the Diversity and Inclusion Administrator to award grants to create or expand diversity in registered apprenticeship programs.
Cosponsors (20)
- Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
- BENNIE THOMPSON (D-MS)
- FRANK PALLONE (D-NJ)
- CAROLYN MALONEY (D-NY)
- Mark Takano (D-CA)
- SANFORD BISHOP (D-GA)
- Val Demings (D-FL)
- MIKE THOMPSON (D-CA)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- LLOYD DOGGETT (D-TX)
- Henry Johnson (D-GA)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Katie Porter (D-CA)
- Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)
- MAXINE WATERS (D-CA)
- André Carson (D-IN)
- KWEISI MFUME (D-MD)
- G. K. Butterfield (D-NC)
- Brenda Lawrence (D-MI)
- Marilyn Strickland (D-WA)
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