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H.R. 8294 - National Apprenticeship Act of 2020
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COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE OF 8-3 on Monday, November 17, 2020.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 1224:
Agreed to by record vote of 229-170, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 227-169, on Thursday, November 19, 2020.
MANAGERS: Morelle/Woodall
1. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and Labor.
2. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
3. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in part A of the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
4. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
5. Section 2 provides that following debate, each further amendment printed in part B of the Rules Committee report not earlier considered as part of amendments en bloc pursuant to section 3 shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before the question is put thereon, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
6. Section 3 provides that at any time after debate the chair of the Committee on Education and Labor or his designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and Labor or their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
7. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report and amendments en bloc described in section 3.
8. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
9. Amends H. Res. 967, agreed to May 15, 2020 (as most recently amended by House Resolution 1107, agreed to September 15, 2020): (1) in section 4, by striking “November 20, 2020” and inserting “the remainder of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress”; (2) in section 11, by striking “legislative day of November 20, 2020” and inserting “remainder of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress”; and (3) in section 12, by striking “legislative day of November 20, 2020” and inserting “remainder of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress”.
Amendments (click headers to sort)
| # | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Version 1 | Ryan (OH), Rice, Kathleen (NY) | Democrat | Adds “adult” education to the list with “secondary and postsecondary” education regarding the grants for educational alignment with programs under the national apprenticeship system. | Made in Order |
| 2 | Version 2 | Brown (MD) | Democrat | Revised Requires at least one of the nine employers or association representatives on the National Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships must be from a women, minority, or veteran-owned business. | Made in Order |
| 3 | Version 1 | Horsford (NV) | Democrat | Ensures adequate equity and opportunity in the national apprenticeship system. | Made in Order |
| 4 | Version 1 | Titus (NV), Bilirakis (FL), Murphy, Stephanie (FL), Welch (VT), Norton (DC), Brown (MD), Panetta (CA), Peters (CA), Case (HI), Sablan (MP), Horsford (NV), Soto (FL), Lee, Susie (NV) | Bi-Partisan | Adds “hospitality and tourism” to the list of nontraditional apprenticeship industries that are eligible under the Modernizing the Apprenticeship System for the 21st Century Grants program. | Made in Order |
| 5 | Version 1 | Castro (TX) | Democrat | Adds "media and entertainment" to the list of non-traditional industries eligible for consideration when the Administrator is awarding grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to expand program offerings in the national apprenticeship program. | Made in Order |
| 6 | Version 3 | Moore (WI) | Democrat | Revised Makes a range of changes to strengthen efforts to ensure that low-income individuals and others with barriers to employment are able to participate in apprenticeships, including in fields where such groups are underrepresented. | Made in Order |
| 7 | Version 1 | Crow (CO) | Democrat | Includes education occupations in the expansion of programs under the national apprenticeship system and ensures that individuals in these programs can access apprenticeship funds. | Made in Order |
| 8 | Version 1 | Kilmer (WA), Fitzpatrick (PA) | Bi-Partisan | Establishes a prize competition for apprenticeship programs for high schools meeting the requirements of Section 24 of the Stevenson-Wylder Technology Innovation Act of 1980. | Submitted |
| 9 | Version 2 | Kilmer (WA), Fitzpatrick (PA) | Bi-Partisan | Revised Adds computer science as a nontraditional apprenticeship industry or occupation. | Made in Order |
| 10 | Version 2 | Meng (NY) | Democrat | Revised Includes user-friendly formats and languages that are easily accessible in efforts to promote youth apprenticeships and greater diversity in national apprenticeship system. Includes the FCC under the Ex Officio nonvoting members section of the National Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships. | Made in Order |
| 11 | Version 1 | Meng (NY) | Democrat | Withdrawn Includes language access in efforts to promote greater diversity in national apprenticeship system, specifically having information and resources in additional languages. | Withdrawn |
| 12 | Version 1 | Meng (NY) | Democrat | Withdrawn Includes an expansion of entrepreneurship programs in public schools, community colleges, libraries, and other community spaces to equip young people with the tools necessary to become the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovators. | Withdrawn |
| 13 | Version 1 | Meng (NY) | Democrat | Withdrawn Includes the FCC under the Ex Officio nonvoting members section of the National Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships. | Withdrawn |
| 14 | Version 1 | Cárdenas (CA) | Democrat | Changes “an apprentice” to “a program participant” for a potential member of the national advisory committee on apprenticeships, which would make the committee inclusive of pre-apprentices and youth apprentices. | Made in Order |
| 15 | Version 1 | Stefanik (NY) | Republican | Allows state registration agencies to waive certain program requirements for a small business or sponsor in a nontraditional apprenticeship industry who demonstrates a need for such a waiver. Requires registration agencies to review the waiver during the program’s one-year review and adds reporting on waivers to the annual state performance report. | Submitted |
| 16 | Version 1 | Stefanik (NY) | Republican | Strikes the requirement that the Secretary must also approve an alternative time-based model that reflects industry standards and hazards of the occupation, leaving such approval at the discretion of the state registration agency. | Made in Order |
| 17 | Version 2 | Pappas (NH) | Democrat | Revised Allows for demonstration projects to provide for innovation in the national apprenticeship system, including activities responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency. | Made in Order |
| 18 | Version 1 | Keller (PA) | Republican | Requires all registered programs to establish standard ratios of apprentices to supervisors across occupations, striking the existing exemption for collective bargaining agreements. | Submitted |
| 19 | Version 1 | Beyer (VA), Pressley (MA) | Democrat | Ensures the accessibility of apprenticeship programs and promotes the inclusion of people with disabilities within those programs. | Made in Order |
| 20 | Version 1 | Scott, Bobby (VA) | Democrat | MANAGER’S AMENDMENT Makes a series of technical and conforming changes. Ensures the definition of a “State” includes outlying areas. Includes employment and training activities in the Departments of Commerce, Energy and Transportation, and the Small Business Administration, to the “Related Federal Programs” definition. Ensures costs related to assessments and licenses are allowable. Clarifies that the 2,000 hours on-the-job learning requirement for time-based apprenticeship programs is cumulative, and that the exception to this requirement should be made only for nontraditional apprenticeship industries or occupations. Allows sponsors with five or fewer apprentices, pre-apprentices or youth apprentices to report data annually rather than quarterly. Ensures pre-apprenticeship programs are developed in consultation with an apprenticeship program sponsor. | Considered as Adopted |
| 21 | Version 1 | Harder (CA), Fitzpatrick (PA), Blunt Rochester (DE) | Bi-Partisan | Establishes a competitive grant through the Department of Labor to support youth-serving out-of-school time organizations that provide workforce preparation programs for youth. | Submitted |
| 22 | Version 1 | Thompson, Glenn (PA) | Republican | Provides the Secretary of Labor with authority to establish and administer additional programs of work-based learning, including to respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. | Submitted |
| 23 | Version 2 | Lamb (PA), Taylor (TX) | Bi-Partisan | Revised Incorporates veterans into the underlying bill by: adding veterans service organizations (VSOs) to the list of partner organizations involved in the national apprenticeship system; adding VSOs to the entities that should be contacted for promoting and raising awareness about apprenticeship opportunities; and adding veterans’ status as one of the demographic identifiers for reporting on apprenticeships under the bill. The revised version combines amendments 23, 24, and 25 into one amendment. | Made in Order |
| 24 | Version 1 | Lamb (PA), Taylor (TX) | Bi-Partisan | Withdrawn Adds veterans service organizations (VSOs) to the entities that should be contacted for promoting and raising awareness about apprenticeship opportunities. | Withdrawn |
| 25 | Version 1 | Lamb (PA), Taylor (TX) | Bi-Partisan | Withdrawn Adds veterans’ status as one of the demographic identifiers for reporting on apprenticeships under the bill, to better understand how apprenticeship programs serve veterans. | Withdrawn |
| 26 | Version 1 | Lamb (PA) | Democrat | Withdrawn Adds transportation and infrastructure to the list of apprenticeship industries under the Modernizing the National Apprenticeship System for the 21st Century Grants established by the bill. | Withdrawn |
| 27 | Version 1 | Smucker (PA) | Republican | SUBSTITUTE Includes providing authority for additional programs of work-based learning, striking the establishment of the National Advisory Committee and interagency agreement, and providing additional flexibility for the state plan process. | Made in Order |
| 28 | Version 1 | Smith, Adam (WA), Langevin (RI) | Democrat | Allows pre-apprenticeship programs that receive grant funds under Title II to use funds to provide stipends to pre-apprentices for costs incurred during the pre-apprenticeship program such as housing, transportation, childcare, and other out-of-pocket expenses. | Made in Order |
| 29 | Version 2 | Levin, Andy (MI) | Democrat | Late Revised Any eligible entity applying for a title II grant should be partnering with a labor or joint labor-management organization, to the extent practicable. | Made in Order |
| 30 | Version 1 | Hill, French (AR) | Republican | Late Withdrawn Strikes the provision allowing only apprenticeship programs registered with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to receive grant funds for apprenticeships. | Withdrawn |
Committee Votes
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 360
Motion by Mr. Cole to report an open rule. Defeated: 3–8
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Hastings
No Vote
Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
Nay
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Ms. Shalala
Nay
Ms. Matsui
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
Yea
Mr. Woodall
Yea
Mr. Burgess
No Vote
Mrs. Lesko
Yea
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 361
Motion by Mr. Woodall to amend the rule to H.R. 8294 to make in order amendment #22, offered by Rep. Thompson (PA), which provides the Secretary of Labor with authority to establish and administer additional programs of work-based learning, including to respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. Defeated: 3–8
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Hastings
No Vote
Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
Nay
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Ms. Shalala
Nay
Ms. Matsui
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
Yea
Mr. Woodall
Yea
Mr. Burgess
No Vote
Mrs. Lesko
Yea
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 362
Motion by Mr. Morelle to report the rule. Adopted: 8–3
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Hastings
No Vote
Mrs. Torres
Yea
Mr. Perlmutter
Yea
Mr. Raskin
Yea
Ms. Scanlon
Yea
Mr. Morelle
Yea
Ms. Shalala
Yea
Ms. Matsui
Yea
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
Yea
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
Nay
Mr. Woodall
Nay
Mr. Burgess
No Vote
Mrs. Lesko
Nay