{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-147","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 147","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Bringing Registered Apprenticeships to Veterans Education Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to transitional services for separating members of the Armed Forces and educational assistance under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to transitional services for separating members of the Armed Forces and educational assistance under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"BRAVE Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Bringing Registered Apprenticeships 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user-friendly website on which veterans can find specified information about apprenticeship programs that are approved under VA education benefit provisions."}],"words":84},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Adds information on registered apprenticeship programs to transition education for separating members of the Armed Forces and requires a public website with information on apprenticeship programs approved under VA education benefit chapters.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/147/text/eh#H048C02ED10CD43B582A23F05FACD8AC4"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/147/text/eh#HF25C216EE1004DBD8B080A2FFBC28183"}]},"core_areas":["Apprenticeship information in transition services for separating service members","Public website on VA-approved registered apprenticeship programs"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Amends section 1144(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, to add apprenticeship programs registered under the National Apprenticeship Act and approved under chapters 30 through 36 of title 38 to the employment opportunities covered in that paragraph.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/147/text/eh#H048C02ED10CD43B582A23F05FACD8AC4"}},{"text":"Requires the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training, in coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to establish a user-friendly public website, or update an existing one, where veterans can find information about those apprenticeship programs.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/147/text/eh#HF25C216EE1004DBD8B080A2FFBC28183"}},{"text":"Requires the website information to be searchable and sortable by occupation and location.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/147/text/eh#HF25C216EE1004DBD8B080A2FFBC28183"}},{"text":"Requires the website to list, for each program, a description including any cost to a veteran, contact information, and each certification or degree earned by completing the program.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/147/text/eh#HF25C216EE1004DBD8B080A2FFBC28183"}},{"text":"Requires the website to show, for each program, whether it has been endorsed by a veterans service organization or nonprofit organization that caters to veterans, and whether it prefers to hire veterans.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/147/text/eh#HF25C216EE1004DBD8B080A2FFBC28183"}},{"text":"Requires the Assistant Secretary to update all information about programs for veterans listed on apprenticeship.gov, or any successor website, to include the information the website must contain.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 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H.R. 147, 117th Congress: Bringing Registered Apprenticeships to Veterans Education Act. House: 427 Yea, 0 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 16 Nov 2021."}}