,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bcgg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #d1 #bjag,mr4   
,lipinski introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,education and the ,workforce  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend the ,workforce        
,innovation and ,opportunity ,act to    
include individuals participating in    
pre-apprenticeship programs offered by  
employers and provide that such         
employers may be reimbursed under such  
,act4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may  
be cited as the ,apprenticeship         
,improvement ,act of #bjag4  #b4        
,inclusion of pre-apprenticeship        
programs ,the ,workforce ,innovation and
 ,opportunity ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #caja 
et seq47 is amended--  7#a7 in section  
#c7dd71 in the matter preceding         
subparagraph 7,a71 by inserting 1       
including an apprentice or              
pre-apprentice1 after paid participant2 
and  7#b7 in section #abb7;a77#b77;,b71 
insert before the semicolon the         

following3 1 except that for purposes of
 this ,act1 such programs may include   
programs that include pre-apprentices4