Apprenticeship Freedom Act
This bill eliminates the requirement for apprenticeships to register with the Department of Labor as a condition of their participation in Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) programs.
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to remove the 
          requirements relating to registered apprenticeships.

    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 Freedom Act''.

SEC. 2. WIOA AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Career Pathway.--Section 3(7)(B) of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(7)(B)) is amended by striking 
``registered'' and all that follows, and inserting a semicolon.
     (b) Identification of Eligible Providers.--Section 122(a) of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3152(a)) is 
amended--
            (1) by amending paragraph (2)(B) to read as follows:
                    ``(B) an entity that carries out apprenticeships; 
                or''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``for so long as the 
        corresponding program of the provider remains registered''.
    (c) Youthbuild Program.--Section 171 of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3226) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (10); and
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (11) and (12) as 
                paragraphs (10) and (11), respectively; and
            (2) by striking ``registered'' each place it appears.
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Apprenticeship Freedom Act
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to remove the requirements relating to registered apprenticeships.
Apprenticeship Freedom Act
Rep. Good, Bob