---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 U.S.C. § 2507"
title: "29"
title_heading: "Labor"
number: "2507"
heading: "Study of barriers to participation of women in apprenticeable occupations and nontraditional occupations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/29/2507"
units:
  - "Chapter 27 — Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations"
---

# §2507. Study of barriers to participation of women in apprenticeable occupations and nontraditional occupations

- (a) **Study—** With funds available to the [Secretary](/usc/29/2508.md?p=3) to carry out the operations of the Department of Labor in fiscal years 1994 and 1995, the [Secretary](/usc/29/2508.md?p=3) shall conduct a study of the participation of women in apprenticeable occupations and [nontraditional occupations](/usc/29/2508.md?p=2). The study shall examine—
  - (1) the barriers to participation of women in apprenticeable occupations and [nontraditional occupations](/usc/29/2508.md?p=2);
  - (2) strategies for overcoming such barriers;
  - (3) the retention rates for women in apprenticeable occupations and [nontraditional occupations](/usc/29/2508.md?p=2);
  - (4) strategies for retaining women in apprenticeable occupations and [nontraditional occupations](/usc/29/2508.md?p=2);
  - (5) the effectiveness of the technical assistance provided by the [community-based organizations](/usc/29/2508.md?p=1); and
  - (6) other relevant issues affecting the participation of women in apprenticeable occupations and [nontraditional occupations](/usc/29/2508.md?p=2).
- (b) **Report—** Not later than 2 years after October 27, 1992, the [Secretary](/usc/29/2508.md?p=3) shall submit to the Congress a report containing a summary of the results of the study described in [subsection (a)](#a) and such recommendations as the [Secretary](/usc/29/2508.md?p=3) determines to be appropriate.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–530, § 8, Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3467.)