LEAP Act

5972

117th Congress

In Committee

LEAP Act

Summary

Leveraging and Energizing America's Apprenticeship Programs Act or the LEAP Act This bill allows employers a business-related tax credit of $1,500 for hiring an apprenticeship employee who has not attained age 25 at the close of the taxable year or $1,000 for an apprenticeship employee who has attained age 25. The bill allows the credit for no more than two taxable years with respect to any apprenticeship employee. An apprenticeship employee is an employee who is employed in an officially-recognized apprenticeable occupation pursuant to an apprentice agreement registered with the Office of Apprenticeship of the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor or a state apprenticeship agency. The Office of Management and Budget must coordinate with federal departments and independent agencies to (1) determine which government publications could be available on government websites and no longer printed, (2) devise a strategy to reduce overall government printing costs over the 10-year period beginning with FY2020, (3) establish government-wide guidelines on employee printing, and (4) issue guidelines for publicly disclosing information about the publication of government documents.

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2021 · fourth_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets

H.R. 5376, the "Build Back Better Act," legislation to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14; Sec. 21004, Adjustment of Civil Penalties; provisions related to funding for the creation and expansion of registered apprenticeship programs and pre-apprenticeship programs and funding for infrastructure. H.R. 5972, the "Leveraging and Energizing Americas Apprenticeship Programs Act," legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers a credit against income tax for employees who participate in qualified apprenticeship programs; entire bill. S. 1260, the "United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021," legislation to (in part) establish a critical supply chain resiliency program and the related funding for microchip manufacturing capacity that applies federal prevailing wage standards. Proposals for appropriations for the Department of Labor to include increased funding for enforcement agencies. Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council September 30, 2021 memorandum on "Issuance of Agency Deviations to Implement Executive Order 14042" mandating vaccines for federal contractor employees. Occupational Safety and Health Administration advanced notice of proposed rulemaking regarding "Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings" (86 Fed. Reg. 59309, October 27, 2021). Occupational Safety and Health Administration emergency temporary standard (86 Fed. Reg. 61402, November 5, 2021) regarding vaccination policy requirements for employers with 100 or more employees. Department of Labor proposed rule regarding "Apprenticeship Programs, Labor Standards for Registration," (86 Fed. Reg. 62966, November 15, 2021) (proposing to rescind the regulations creating Industry Recognized Apprenticeship Programs). General education concerning the application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to the construction industry. General education concerning the implementation of vaccine mandates for construction industry employers. General education concerning ways to modernize and improve the regulations implementing the Davis-Bacon Act.

Actions (2)

November 15, 2021

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

November 15, 2021

Introduced in House

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