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Apprenticeship Opportunity Act
To require income from the first year of an apprenticeship to be disregarded in determining eligibility for assistance under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families.
Summary
The bill requires states receiving temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) grants to disregard all income earned during the first year of a registered apprenticeship when determining a person's eligibility for TANF assistance. This means that individuals in registered apprenticeships will not have their first-year apprenticeship income counted against TANF eligibility. States that violate this requirement will face a 1 percent reduction in their federal family assistance grant for the following fiscal year. The changes take effect in the first federal fiscal year beginning after the law's enactment.
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- Mar 5, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
- Mar 5, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 5, 2025
Ms. DelBene (for herself, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Sewell, and Ms. Strickland) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To require income from the first year of an apprenticeship to be disregarded in determining eligibility for assistance under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Apprenticeship Opportunity Act”.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO DISREGARD INCOME FROM FIRST YEAR OF AN APPRENTICESHIP IN DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE UNDER THE TANF PROGRAM.
(a) Requirement.—Section 408(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 608(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(13) Requirement to disregard income from 1st year of an apprenticeship in determining eligibility for assistance.—A State to which a grant is made under section 403 shall disregard all income received on account of the 1st year of an apprenticeship registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the ‘National Apprenticeship Act’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.), in determining the eligibility of the recipient for assistance under the State program funded under this part.”.
(b) Penalty for Violation.—Section 409(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(17) Penalty for not disregarding income from 1st year of an apprenticeship in determining eligibility for assistance.— If the Secretary determines that a State to which a grant is made under section 403 in a fiscal year has violated section 408(a)(13) during the fiscal year, the Secretary shall reduce the grant payable to the State under section 403(a)(1) for the immediately succeeding fiscal year by an amount equal to 1 percent of the State family assistance grant.”.
(c) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the 1st day of the 1st Federal fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>
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