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H.R. 3445: Jobs, On-the-Job ‘Earn-While-You-Learn’ Training, and Apprenticeships for Young African Americans Act

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H.R. 3445: Jobs, On-the-Job ‘Earn-While-You-Learn’ Training, and Apprenticeships for Young African Americans Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-05-20 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-05-20 · 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 Labor. 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 Young African Americans Act

Plain summary

Jobs, On-the-Job 'Earn-While-You-Learn' Training, and Apprenticeships for Young African Americans Act This bill makes changes to the national apprenticeship system aimed at promoting diversity. Specifically, the bill establishes the Diversity and Inclusion Administrator in the Office Apprenticeship within the Office of Employment and Training Administration at the Department of Labor, requires every apprenticeship program that registers or renews an apprenticeship with the Office of Apprenticeship to submit a plan to increase participation by individuals who are African American, and requires the Diversity and Inclusion Administrator to award grants to create or expand diversity in registered apprenticeship programs.

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Official text

Jobs, On-the-Job ‘Earn-While-You-Learn’ Training, and Apprenticeships for Young African Americans Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] · 47 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Mark Takano (D-CA), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Maxine Waters (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Darren Soto (D-FL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Al Green (D-TX), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr3445 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117