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H.R. 2551: Veterans' Entry to Apprenticeship Act

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H.R. 2551: Veterans' Entry to Apprenticeship Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-05-21 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-05-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Subcommittee Hearings Held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Veterans' Entry to Apprenticeship Act

Plain summary

Veterans' Entry to Apprenticeship Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to treat a pre-apprenticeship program as a program of apprenticeship, for purposes of providing educational assistance: (1) if such pre-apprenticeship program is recognized under or compliant with relevant state standards for a postsecondary pre-apprenticeship program, or (2) in the case of a program for which a state does not require any such standards, if the curriculum of the pre-apprenticeship program is approved by a sponsor who certifies that the program will prepare an individual with skills and competencies needed to enroll in a registered apprenticeship program and the pre-apprenticeship program maintains conduct and attendance policies in accordance with such sponsor. A covered individual enrolled in a pre-apprenticeship program must receive the same amount and kind of educational assistance the individual would receive if the individual were enrolled in a program of apprenticeship, with an exception of specified housing assistance if the individual is not paid as part of such pre-apprenticeship program.

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Official text

Veterans' Entry to Apprenticeship Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2] · 34 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Ann Wagner (R-MO), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Mike Bost (R-IL), Brian Babin (R-TX), Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT), J. French Hill (R-AR), Jason Smith (R-MO), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr2551 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114