American Apprenticeship Act
U.S. Congress · HR1783 ·
What the bill says
Introduced 2025-03-03. Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Summary (plain-language)
American Apprenticeship Act This bill authorizes the Department of Labor to make grants to assist states in carrying out projects that defray the cost of pre-apprenticeship or related instruction for qualified apprenticeship programs. Labor shall (1) establish performance measures and an evaluation system for such grant program; and (2) identify in-demand occupations that lack the use of apprenticeships, analyze the use of the qualified apprenticeship program model in those occupations, and report on such analysis to states and Congress.
Sponsors
- Rosa L. DeLauro (primary)
- Ami Bera
- André Carson
- Angie Craig
- Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
- Shomari Figures
- Adelita S. Grijalva
- Raja Krishnamoorthi
- Greg Landsman
- Seth Moulton
- Jennifer L. McClellan
- Thomas R. Suozzi
- Mike Thompson
- Shri Thanedar
Text versions
- Introduced in House — 2025-03-03 — XML
What analysts say
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What politicians say
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Action History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2025-03-03 | Introduced in House |
| 2025-03-03 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. |
Lobbying on this bill
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Honesty note: each filer below disclosed lobbying on this bill — that much the filing tells us. But the dollar figure is their total lobbying spend for the whole quarter across all their issues, not the amount spent on this bill, and the filing never says whether they supported or opposed it.
| Registrant (lobbying firm) | Client | Period | Reported quarterly amount | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC. | NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC. | Q2 2026 | $600,000 | |
| NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC. | NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC. | Q1 2026 | $600,000 | |
| LONGBOW PUBLIC POLICY GROUP, LLC | SIFF & ASSOCIATES, PLLC (OBO THE MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) | Q1 2026 | $40,000 |
Source: Senate LDA filings.