Relaunching America’s Workforce Act
A BILL
To provide State and local workforce and career and technical education systems the support to respond to the COVID–19 national emergency.
2. Definitions
In this Act:
Apprenticeship opportunity; apprenticeship program— The terms apprenticeship opportunity and apprenticeship program mean an opportunity in an apprenticeship program, and an apprenticeship program, that is registered by the Office of Apprenticeship or a State apprenticeship agency under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the “National Apprenticeship Act”) (50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.), including, as in effect on December 30, 2019, any requirement, standard, or rule promulgated under that Act.
Coronavirus— The term coronavirus means coronavirus as defined in section 506 of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–123).
COVID–19 national emergency— The term COVID–19 national emergency means the national emergency declared by the President under the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) on March 13, 2020, with respect to the coronavirus.
Secretary— The term Secretary—
as such term is used in subtitles A through D, and subtitle F, of title I, means the Secretary of Labor; and
as such term is used in subtitle E of title I and title II, means the Secretary of Education.
3. Rule of construction
If funds awarded under this Act, including all funds awarded for the purposes of grants, contracts or cooperative agreements, or the development, implementation, or administration of apprenticeship programs (or apprenticeship opportunities), are used to fund apprenticeship programs (or apprenticeship opportunities), those funds shall only be provided to apprenticeship programs (or opportunities in apprenticeship programs) that meet the definition of an apprenticeship program under section 2 of this Act.