Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Apprenticeship Freedom Act”.
Apprenticeship Freedom Act
A BILL
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to remove the requirements relating to registered apprenticeships.
Sec. 2 WIOA amendments
Career pathway— Section 3(7)(B) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(7)(B)) is amended by striking “registered” and all that follows, and inserting a semicolon.
Identification of eligible providers— Section 122(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3152(a)) is amended—
by amending paragraph (2)(B) to read as follows:
“(B) an entity that carries out apprenticeships; or”
in paragraph (3), by striking “for so long as the corresponding program of the provider remains registered”.
Youthbuild program— Section 171 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3226) is amended—
in subsection (b)—
by striking paragraph (10); and
by redesignating paragraphs (11) and (12) as paragraphs (10) and (11), respectively; and
by striking “registered” each place it appears.