,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hcbj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ba1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,sablan introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and ,labor 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of
 ,labor to establish apprenticeships or 
expanding opportunities through         
apprenticeships for outlying areas1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,outlying
 ,area ,apprenticeship ,expansion ,act4 
#b4 ,outlying ,area ,apprenticeship     
,programs  7a7 ,in general ,the         
,secretary of ,labor shall make grants1 
cooperative agreements1 contracts1 and  
other arrangements available to the     
outlying areas for the purposes of--    
7#a7 establishing registered            
apprenticeships under the ,act of       
,august #af1 #aicg 7commonly known as   
the ,national ,apprenticeship ,act2 #ej 
,stat4 #ffd1 chapter #ffc2 #bi ,u4,s4,c4
 #ej et seq472 or  7#b7 expanding       

opportunities through apprenticeships   
only registered under the ,act of       
,august #af1 #aicg 7commonly known as   
the ,national ,apprenticeship ,act2 #ej 
,stat4 #ffd1 chapter #ffc2 #bi ,u4,s4,c4
 #ej et seq474  7b7 ,funding ,of the    
amount appropriated under subsection    
7d71 the ,secretary of ,labor shall     
divide the amount for each fiscal year  
equally among the outlying areas4  7c7  
,outlying area defined ,the term        
outlying area means ,american ,samoa1   
,guam1 the ,commonwealth of the         
,northern ,mariana ,islands1 and the    
,united ,states ,virgin ,islands4  7d7  
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
are authorized to be appropriated to    
carry out this section-- 7#a7 #a1ghf1jjj
 for fiscal year #bjba2  7#b7 #b1jbd1jjj
 for fiscal year #bjbb2  7#c7 #b1bfb1jjj
 for fiscal year #bjbc2  7#d7 #b1ejj1jjj
 for fiscal year #bjbd2 and  7#e7       
#b1gch1jjj for fiscal year #bjbe4  7e7  
,effective date ,this ,act shall take   
effect beginning on ,july #a1 #bjba4