S.Amdt. 684

SA 684. Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Ms. Cantwell) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1790, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

SEC. ___. REPORT ON APPRENTICESHIPS AND ON-THE-JOB TRAINING
FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND VETERANS.

(a) In General.--Not later than 270 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
collaboration with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and
Secretary of Labor, shall submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress a report on

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the efforts of the Department of Defense to promote the
utilization of apprenticeships and on-the-job training by
members of the Armed Forces transitioning from service in the
Armed Forces to civilian life.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) An assessment of outreach efforts to members of the
Armed Forces with respect to the job training, employment
skills training, apprenticeships, internships, and
SkillBridge initiatives of the Department, including
recommendations by the Secretary of Defense on ways in which
such efforts could be improved.
(2) An assessment of utilization rates of the initiatives
referred to in paragraph (1), disaggregated by military
department.
(3) An explanation of efforts undertaken by the Secretary
of Defense to coordinate and collaborate with the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs with respect to apprenticeships and on-
the-job training in order to maximize utilization of job
training and education programs provided under laws
administered by either the Secretary of Defense or the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, including efforts to highlight
apprenticeship and on-the-job training opportunities in the
Transition Assistance Program.
(4) Recommendations for legislative or administrative
action to improve awareness, access, and utilization of
apprenticeships and on-the-job training programs by members
of the Armed Forces and veterans who have recently
transitioned from service in the Armed Forces to civilian
life.
(c) Definition of Appropriate Committees of Congress.--In
this section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the congressional defense committees;
(2) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate; and
(3) Committee on Education and Labor and the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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