---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 U.S.C. § 2505"
title: "29"
title_heading: "Labor"
number: "2505"
heading: "Applications"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/29/2505"
units:
  - "Chapter 27 — Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations"
---

# §2505. Applications


To be eligible to be selected under [section 2503(b) of this title](/usc/29/2503.md?p=b) to receive technical assistance provided with grants made under [section 2503(a) of this title](/usc/29/2503.md?p=a), an employer or labor union shall submit an application to the [Secretary](/usc/29/2508.md?p=3) at such time, in such manner and containing or accompanied by such information as the [Secretary](/usc/29/2508.md?p=3) may reasonably require. At a minimum, the application should include—

- (1) a description of the need for technical assistance;
- (2) a description of the types of apprenticeable occupations or [nontraditional occupations](/usc/29/2508.md?p=2) in which the employer or labor union would like to train or employ women;
- (3) assurances that there are or will be suitable and appropriate positions available in the apprenticeable occupations program or in the [nontraditional occupations](/usc/29/2508.md?p=2) being targeted; and
- (4) commitments that reasonable efforts shall be made to place qualified women in apprenticeable occupations or [nontraditional occupations](/usc/29/2508.md?p=2).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–530, § 6, Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3467.)