,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #bid  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#cidi  ,report ,no4 #aae-cih  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives         
,october #d1 #bjag ,mr4 ,khanna 7for    
himself1 ,mr4 ,arrington1 and ,mr4      
,o',rourke7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs       
,november #g1 #bjag;,additional         
sponsors3 ,mr4 ,wenstrup1 ,mr4          
,gallagher1 ,ms4 ,sinema1 and ,mrs4     
,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new ,york     
,november #g1 #bjag ,reported with an   
amendment1 committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be printed   
,strike out all after the enacting      
clause and insert the part printed in   
italic ,for text of introduced bill1 see
 copy of bill as introduced on ,october 
#d1 #bjag  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title   
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 to provide  
for the designation of ,state approving 
agencies for multi-,state apprenticeship

 programs for purposes of the           
educational assistance programs of the  
,department of ,veterans ,affairs4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,veterans ,apprenticeship and ,labor
 ,opportunity ,reform ,act or the       
,,valor ,act4  #b4 ,designation of      
,state approving agencies for           
multi-,state apprenticeship programs    
,paragraph 7#a7 of subsection 7c7 of    
section #cfgb of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended to read as    
follows3  7#a7  7,a7 ,the ,state        
approving agency for a multi-,state     
apprenticeship program is-- 7i7 for     
purposes of approval of the program1 the
 ,state approving agency for the ,state 
in which the headquarters of the        
apprenticeship program is located2 and  
7ii7 for all other purposes1 the ,state 
approving agency for the ,state in which
 the apprenticeship program takes place4
  7,b7 ,in this paragraph1 the term     
multi-,state apprenticeship program     
means a non-,federal apprenticeship     

program operating in more than one      
,state that meets the minimum national  
program standards1 as developed by the  
,department of ,labor4  4  #c4          
,elimination of certain certification   
requirement for assistance for          
apprenticeship and other on-job training
 ,section #cfhj7;c7 of title #ch1       
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
striking shall have received-- and all  
that follows through person's           
certificate1 and inserting receives from
 the training establishment a           
certification4  ,november #g1 #bjag     
,reported with an amendment1 committed  
to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house  
on the ,state of the ,union1 and ordered
 to be printed