Jobs, On-the-Job ‘Earn-While-You-Learn’ Training, and Apprenticeships for Young African Americans Act

H.R. 447, the National Apprenticeship Act of 2021 - To amend the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly referred to as the "National Apprenticeship Act") and expand the national apprenticeship system to include apprenticeships, youth apprenticeships, and pre-apprenticeship registered under such Act, to promote the furtherance of labor standards necessary to safeguard the welfare of apprentices. Entire bill. No bill number. Lobbied in support of Registered Apprenticeship Programs in the construction industry. No bill number. Lobbied on pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs. No bill number. Lobbied on worker misclassification. No bill number. Lobbied on project labor agreements. No bill number. Lobbied on Davis-Bacon wage issues. HR 3445 - On-the-Job Earn-While-You-Learn Training, and Apprenticeships for Young African Americans Act - To amend the National Apprenticeship Act in order to increase and expand the national apprenticeship system to include the immediate recruitment, employment, and on-the-job earn-as-you-learn training of young African Americans, and to promote the development of equitable hiring standards necessary to safeguard the diversity of apprentices. Entire bill. No bill number. Lobbied against Industry Recognized Apprenticeship Programs being applicable to the construction industry. No bill number. Lobbied for the inclusion of registered apprenticeship utilization on military construction projects. H.R. 842. Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021. This bill expands various labor protections related to employees' rights to organize and collectively bargain in the workplace. Bill in full. No bill number. Lobbied on the issue of paid sick leave for construction workers. No bill number. Lobbied for inclusion of labor standards on legislation to revive the 48C tax credit. H.R. 3986. Promoting Employment of Skilled Workers and Foster Youth Act of 2021. A bill to make changes to the Workforce Opportunity Tax Credit. Lobbied for changes to the Workforce Opportunity Tax Credit to increase minority employment in the construction industry. Lobbied for federal government energy leases and labor standards. No bill number.

Client expense: $190,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, White House Office

H.R. 3145 - Freedom to Work Act of 2021 - a bill to require Executive agency review of occupational licensing requirements, (entire bill). General education regarding whistleblower protections for victims of independent contractor misclassification. General education regarding utilization of apprentices on federally supported transportation infrastructure projects. Recommended candidate for appointment to the Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships. S.1078 - Building U.S. Infrastructure by Leveraging Demands for Skills (BUILDS) Act of 2021 - a bill to require the Secretary of Labor to award grants for promoting industry or sector partnerships to encourage industry growth and competitiveness and to improve worker training, retention, and advancement as part of an infrastructure investment (entire bill). H.R.3445 - Jobs, On-the-Job Earn While You Learn Training, and Apprenticeships for Young African Americans Act of 2021 - a bill to amend the National Apprenticeship Act in order to increase and expand the national apprenticeship system to include the immediate recruitment, employment, and on-the-job earn-as-you-learn training of young African Americans, and to promote the development of equitable hiring standards necessary to safeguard the diversity of apprentices, and for other purposes (entire bill). Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2022 - seeking report language supporting clean energy apprenticeships; Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill of 2021. (no bill introduced)

Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), White House Office

General education about the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts and the need to apply prevailing wage requirements to all construction projects funded under any infrastructure bill. General education about the misclassification of workers as independent contractors in the construction industry Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Rescission of Joint Employer Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Rule (86 Fed. Reg. 14038, March 12, 2021). Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act; Withdrawal, 86 FR 14027, March 12, 2021 (Proposing to withdraw the January 7, 2021 Final Rule titled Independent Contractor Status under the Fair Labor Standards Act issued January 7, 2021). Certification of registered apprenticeship programs in the final months of the previous administration. Legislative proposals for reform of the multiemployer pension system, including the creation of composite plans (no bill introduced). H.R. 842, the "Protecting the Right to Organize Act", a bill that expands various labor protections related to employees' rights to organize and collectively bargain in the workplace; entire bill, and H. Amdt. 26, an en bloc amendment number 2 to strike the sections of the bill overturning state right to work laws and eliminate mandatory dues deduction nationwide. Potential regulatory and administrative changes that could be made to the administration of the Davis-Bacon Act. H.R. 3445, the "Jobs, On-the-Job 'Earn-While-You-Learn' Training, and Apprenticeships for Young African Americans Act," to amend the National Apprenticeship Act in order to increase the recruitment and employment of young African Americans, entire bill. S. 1260, the "United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021", S. Amdt. 1858 to S. Amdt. 1502, regarding the payment of prevailing wages. General education related to the need to ensure conformity between state and federal regulations of unemployment insurance.

Client expense: $240,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, White House Office