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H.R. 52: Jobs, On-the-Job 'Earn While You Learn' Training, and Apprenticeships for African-American Young Men Act

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H.R. 52: Jobs, On-the-Job 'Earn While You Learn' Training, and Apprenticeships for African-American Young Men Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-01-03 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-01-03 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Jobs, On-the-Job 'Earn While You Learn' Training, and Apprenticeships for African-American Young Men Act

Plain summary

Jobs, On-the-Job "Earn While You Learn" Training, and Apprenticeships for African-American Young Men Act This bill requires the Department of Labor to request labor unions, general contractors, and businesses that will rebuild infrastructure, transportation systems, technology and computer networks, and energy distribution systems to actively recruit, hire, and provide on-the-job training to African American men ages 18 to 39 through existing jobs, apprenticeships, and "earn while you learn" programs. Labor must help coordinate such recruitment. The jobs, training, and apprenticeships must be conducted in conjunction with Labor, labor unions and associations involved in infrastructure rebuilding, and the National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee. Labor unions, contractors, and businesses involved with such infrastructure or systems must recruit by seeking assistance from the African American community, churches, the National Urban League, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 100 Black Men of America, high school and college job placement offices, and media outlets.

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Official text

Jobs, On-the-Job 'Earn While You Learn' Training, and Apprenticeships for African-American Young Men Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] · 14 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Mark Takano (D-CA), Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI), Al Green (D-TX), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Dwight Evans (D-PA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr52 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115