,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aicf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #e1   
#bjag,mr4 ,cotton 7for himself and ,mr4 
,tillis7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,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 ,affairs1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,designation of ,state   
approving agencies for multi-,state     
apprenticeship programs ,subsection     
7c77#a7 of section #cfgb of title #ch1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
striking 7#a7 ,in the case and all that 
follows through of all such programs4   
and inserting the following3 87#a77;,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