FRIDAY FEBRUARY 5, 2021 SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS Ordering the Previous Question on H. Res. 101 –

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 5, 2021 SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS Ordering the Previous Question on H. Res. 101 – Providing for the adoption of the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 5) setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2021 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030 – PASSED 220 – 210, ROLL CALL 26 Republican YEA – 0; NAY – 210 Democrat YEA – 220; NAY – 0 Adoption of H.Res. 101 – Providing for the adoption of the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 5) setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2021 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030 – ADOPTED 219 – 209, ROLL CALL 27 Republican YEA – 0; NAY – 208 Democrat YEA – 219; NAY – 1 En Bloc #1 Blunt Rochester (D-DE) – Amendment No. 1 – Includes “ethnicity” as a “non-traditional apprenticeship population,” expands outreach to Title I schools for apprenticeship opportunities, expands coordination with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs to promote awareness of related apprenticeship opportunities, and improves website accessibility Brown (D-MD) – Amendment No. 2 – Clarifies the requirement in the State plan for describing apprenticeship opportunities in nontraditional apprenticeship industries or occupations Bush, Cori (D-MO), Bowman (D-NY), Pressley (D-MA) – Amendment No. 3 – Includes child care as a transitional assistance program for formerly incarcerated people entering the workforce through apprenticeship programs Castro (D-TX) – Amendment No. 4 – Adds “media and entertainment” to the list of eligible programs for nontraditional apprenticeship industries or occupations Crow (D-CO), Clark, Katherine (D-MA) – Amendment No. 5 – Includes education and early childhood education occupations in the expansion of programs under the national apprenticeship system and ensures that individuals in these programs can access apprenticeship funds Escobar (D-TX) – Amendment No. 6 – Adds Job Corps to the list of Education and Training Providers, which allows Job Corps to qualify for apprenticeship grants or contracts that would support alignment between the national apprenticeship system and Job Corps and encourages the consideration of Job Corps as an education and training partner as apprenticeships are being developed. Also allows apprentices, pre-apprentices, or youth apprentices to use emergency grant funding, provided by the program they are participating in, to obtain internet access Higgins, Brian (D-NY) – Amendment No. 9 – Ensures that the technical assistance provided to grant recipients includes facilitating a forum for sharing best practices to improve overall outcomes and meet grant requirements Lawrence (D-MI) – Amendment No. 13 – Clarifies that intermediary grants can be used for national industry intermediaries, equity intermediaries, or local or regional intermediaries – PASSED 243 – 178, ROLL CALL 28 Republican YEA – 26; NAY – 178 Democrat YEA – 217; NAY – 0 En Bloc #2 Meng (D-NY), Strickland (D-WA), Morelle (D-NY) – Amendment No. 14 – Includes user-friendly formats and languages that are easily accessible in efforts to promote youth apprenticeships and greater diversity in the national apprenticeship system. Includes the FCC under the Ex Officio nonvoting members section of the National Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships Moore (D-WI), Strickland (D-WA), Morelle (D-NY) – Amendment No. 15 – Strengthens efforts to ensure that low-income individuals and others with barriers to employment are able to participate in apprenticeships, including in fields where such groups are underrepresented OcasioCortez (D-NY), Bush, Cori (D-MO), Tlaib (D-MI), Barragán (D-CA), Pressley (D-MA) – Amendment No. 16 – Includes “renewable energy” to energy occupations listed under eligible programs for nontraditional apprenticeship industries or occupations Payne, Jr. (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 18 – Expands apprenticeship and grant access for minority, veteran, and women-owned businesses Ross, Deborah (D-NC) – Amendment No. 19 – Increases support to State apprenticeship agencies to establish or expand apprenticeship hubs, and workforce development organizations that support nontraditional populations and dislocated workers Smith, Adam (D-WA), Langevin (D-RI) – Amendment No. 21 – Allows pre-apprenticeship programs that receive grant funding under Title II to use funds to provide stipends to pre-apprentices for costs incurred during the pre-apprenticeship program such as housing, transportation, childcare, and other out-of-pocket expenses Strickland (D-WA) – Amendment No. 23 – Requires the Office of Apprenticeship to disseminate best practices to recruit nontraditional apprenticeship populations, women, minorities, long-term unemployed, individuals with a disability, individuals recovering from substance abuse disorders, veterans, military spouses, individuals experiencing homelessness, individuals impacted by the criminal or juvenile justice system, and foster and former foster youth Torres, Ritchie (D-NY) – Amendment No. 25 – Ensures that grants are awarded to encourage employer participation in apprenticeship programs that target individuals with language barriers (English language learners) – ADOPTED BY VOICE En Bloc #3 Feenstra (R-IA) – Amendment No. 7 – Includes the Department of Justice as an agency that the Office of Apprenticeship shall cooperate with in order to provide technical assistance in aligning the national apprenticeship system with mentorship programs in the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Golden (D-ME), Herrera Beutler (R-WA) – Amendment No. 8 – Adds “agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting” to the list of eligible programs for nontraditional apprenticeship industries or occupations Kilmer (D-WA), Fitzpatrick (R-PA) – Amendment No. 11 – Adds “computer science” to the list of eligible programs for nontraditional apprenticeship industries or occupations Lamb (D-PA), Taylor (R-TX), Adams (D-NC) – Amendment No. 12 – Incorporates veterans into the underlying bill by: adding veterans service organizations (VSOs) to the list of partner organizations involved in the national apprenticeship system; adding VSOs to the entities that should be contacted for promoting and raising awareness about apprenticeship opportunities, and adding veteran status as one of the demographic identifiers for reporting on apprenticeships Pappas (D-NH), Stevens (D-MI), Torres, Norma (D-CA) – Amendment No. 17 – Allows for demonstration projects to provide for innovation in the national apprenticeship system, including activities responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency Slotkin (D-MI), Meijer (R-MI), Katko (R-NY) – Amendment No. 20 – Adds “Environmental Protection and Conservation” to the category of Green Jobs under nontraditional apprenticeship industries or occupations. Adds eligible expenses for apprenticeships grants, including equipment, instructional materials, etc Titus (D-NV), Bilirakis (R-FL), Brown (D-MD), Case (D-HI), Lee, Susie (D-NV), Murphy, Stephanie (D-FL), Peters (D-CA), Sablan (D-MP), Welch (D-VT), Horsford (D-NV) – Amendment No. 24 – Adds “hospitality and tourism” to the list of eligible programs for nontraditional apprenticeship industries or occupations Trone (D-MD) – Amendment No. 26 – Directs the Office of Apprenticeship to coordinate with the Attorney General and Bureau of Prisons to support the establishment and expansion of pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs in all Federal correctional institutions, to offer technical assistance for State prison systems and employers seeking to operate or improve corrections-based pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeship programs, and to support the successful transition of individuals in correctional institutions to pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeship programs upon exiting from correctional settings – ADOPTED BY VOICE Hill, French (R-AR) – Amendment No. 10 – Changes the Title II funding partnership requirements to the extent practical to partner with an industry or with a labor or joint labor management organization – REJECTED 186 – 236, ROLL CALL 29 Republican YEA – 184; NAY – 19 Democrat YEA – 2; NAY – 217 Stefanik (R-NY) – Amendment No. 22 – Provides authority for additional programs of work-based learning, strikes the establishment of the National Advisory Committee and interagency agreement, and provides additional flexibility for the state plan process – REJECTED 175 – 245, ROLL CALL 30 Republican YEA – 175; NAY – 26 Democrat YEA – 219; NAY – 0 Passage of H.R. 447 – Apprenticeship Act of 2021 – PASSED 247 – 173, ROLL CALL 31 Republican YEA – 28; NAY –173 Democrat YEA – 219; NAY – 0