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H.R. 4965: Leveraging Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act

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H.R. 4965: Leveraging Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-10-31 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-10-31 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] · 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 Labor. 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.

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Official title

Leveraging Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act

Plain summary

Leveraging Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act or the LEARNS Act This bill establishes, in the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor, an Office of Apprenticeship to determine whether an apprenticeship program meets requirements for registration and maintains the standards necessary to remain registered, manage the national apprenticeship system (the collective group of registered apprenticeship programs and pre-apprenticeship programs in the nation), and make grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities to carry out projects that support development of pre-apprenticeship programs. The bill also establishes in Labor a National Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships. Labor and the Department of Education shall establish a voluntary Registered Apprenticeship-College Collaborative consisting of the sponsors carrying out registered apprenticeship programs, two- or four-year postsecondary educational institutions, and organizations that represent such programs or institutions, that agree to meet certain criteria in order to promote stronger connections between the registered apprenticeship programs involved and participating two- and four-year postsecondary educational institutions. Labor shall make assistance payments to eligible sponsors of new registered apprenticeship programs or of existing programs that add employers as new partners.

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Official text

Leveraging Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] · 64 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), André Carson (D-IN), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Darren Soto (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Jason Crow (D-CO), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL) and 4 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] reported raising $1.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr4965 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116