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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 235 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Secretary of Labor to enter into contracts with industry inter- |
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| 6 | 6 | | mediaries for purposes of promoting the development of and access |
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| 7 | 7 | | to apprenticeships and related pre-apprenticeships for secondary school |
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| 8 | 8 | | students. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 10 | 10 | | JANUARY23, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. H |
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| 12 | 12 | | EINRICH(for himself and Mr. MORAN) introduced the following bill; |
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| 13 | 13 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Edu- |
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| 14 | 14 | | cation, Labor, and Pensions |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To direct the Secretary of Labor to enter into contracts |
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| 17 | 17 | | with industry intermediaries for purposes of promoting |
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| 18 | 18 | | the development of and access to apprenticeships and |
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| 19 | 19 | | related pre-apprenticeships for secondary school students. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Apprenticeship Path-4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | ways Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6 |
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| 26 | 26 | | In this Act: 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) APPRENTICESHIP.—The term ‘‘apprentice-1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ship’’ means an apprenticeship registered under the 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | National Apprenticeship Act. 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) D |
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| 34 | 34 | | ISABILITY.—The term ‘‘disability’’ has the 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | meaning given such term in section 3 of the Ameri-5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | cans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 12102). 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (3) D |
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| 39 | 39 | | ISCONNECTED YOUTH .—The term ‘‘dis-8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | connected youth’’ means any individual who— 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (A) has attained age 16 but not age 25 on 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | the date of selection for an apprenticeship; 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (B) is not regularly attending any sec-12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ondary school, area career and technical edu-13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | cation school (as defined in section 3 of the 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu-15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | cation Act of 2006 (29 U.S.C. 2302)), or post-16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | secondary school during the 6-month period 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | preceding the date of selection for the appren-18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ticeship; and 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (C) is not regularly employed during such 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | 6-month period. 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (4) E |
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| 54 | 54 | | ARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL .—The term 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ‘‘early college high school’’ has the meaning given 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | such term in section 8101 of the Elementary and 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 25 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (5) EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY .—The 1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | term ‘‘educational service agency’’ has the meaning 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | given such term in section 8101 of the Elementary 3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 4 |
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| 65 | 65 | | 7801). 5 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (6) H |
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| 67 | 67 | | IGH SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘high school’’ 6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | has the meaning given such term in section 8101 of 7 |
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| 69 | 69 | | the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (7) I |
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| 72 | 72 | | NDUSTRY INTERMEDIARY .—The term ‘‘in-10 |
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| 73 | 73 | | dustry intermediary’’ means an entity that— 11 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (A) in order to accelerate apprenticeship 12 |
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| 75 | 75 | | program development, to help establish new ap-13 |
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| 76 | 76 | | prenticeship partnerships at the national, State, 14 |
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| 77 | 77 | | or regional level, and to promote access to ap-15 |
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| 78 | 78 | | prenticeships for secondary school students, 16 |
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| 79 | 79 | | serves as a conduit between— 17 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (i) an employer; and 18 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (ii) an entity such as— 19 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (I) an industry partner; 20 |
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| 83 | 83 | | (II) the Department of Labor; 21 |
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| 84 | 84 | | and 22 |
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| 85 | 85 | | (III) a State agency responsible 23 |
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| 86 | 86 | | for workforce investment activities; 24 |
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| 90 | 90 | | (B) demonstrates a capacity to work with 1 |
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| 91 | 91 | | employers and other key partners to identify 2 |
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| 92 | 92 | | workforce trends and foster public-private fund-3 |
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| 93 | 93 | | ing to establish new apprenticeship programs; 4 |
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| 94 | 94 | | and 5 |
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| 95 | 95 | | (C) is an entity such as— 6 |
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| 96 | 96 | | (i) a business; 7 |
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| 97 | 97 | | (ii) a business-related nonprofit orga-8 |
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| 98 | 98 | | nization, including industry associations 9 |
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| 99 | 99 | | and business federations; 10 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (iii) a private organization functioning 11 |
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| 101 | 101 | | as a workforce intermediary for the ex-12 |
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| 102 | 102 | | press purpose of serving the needs of busi-13 |
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| 103 | 103 | | nesses, including community-based non-14 |
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| 104 | 104 | | profit service providers and industry- 15 |
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| 105 | 105 | | aligned training providers; or 16 |
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| 106 | 106 | | (iv) a consortium of any of the enti-17 |
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| 107 | 107 | | ties described in clauses (i) through (iii). 18 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (8) L |
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| 109 | 109 | | OCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY .—The term 19 |
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| 110 | 110 | | ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given 20 |
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| 111 | 111 | | such term in section 8101 of the Elementary and 21 |
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| 112 | 112 | | Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 22 |
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| 113 | 113 | | (9) N |
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| 114 | 114 | | ATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP ACT .—The 23 |
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| 115 | 115 | | term ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’ means the Act 24 |
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| 116 | 116 | | of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the ‘‘Na-25 |
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| 120 | 120 | | tional Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 1 |
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| 121 | 121 | | 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.). 2 |
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| 122 | 122 | | (10) P |
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| 123 | 123 | | RE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM .—The 3 |
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| 124 | 124 | | term ‘‘pre-apprenticeship program’’ means a train-4 |
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| 125 | 125 | | ing model or program that— 5 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (A) prepares individuals for acceptance 6 |
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| 127 | 127 | | into an apprenticeship program; 7 |
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| 128 | 128 | | (B) meets the standards, for such a model 8 |
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| 129 | 129 | | or program, established under the National Ap-9 |
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| 130 | 130 | | prenticeship Act; and 10 |
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| 131 | 131 | | (C) is registered under the National Ap-11 |
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| 132 | 132 | | prenticeship Act. 12 |
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| 133 | 133 | | (11) R |
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| 134 | 134 | | EGION.—The term ‘‘region’’ has the 13 |
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| 135 | 135 | | meaning given the term in section 3 of the Work-14 |
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| 136 | 136 | | force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 15 |
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| 137 | 137 | | 3102). 16 |
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| 138 | 138 | | (12) S |
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| 139 | 139 | | ECONDARY SCHOOL .—The term ‘‘sec-17 |
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| 140 | 140 | | ondary school’’ has the meaning given such term in 18 |
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| 141 | 141 | | section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-19 |
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| 142 | 142 | | cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 20 |
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| 143 | 143 | | (13) STEM.—The term ‘‘STEM’’ means 21 |
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| 144 | 144 | | science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. 22 |
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| 148 | 148 | | SEC. 3. SECONDARY EDUCATION APPRENTICESHIP CON-1 |
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| 149 | 149 | | TRACTS. 2 |
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| 150 | 150 | | (a) I |
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| 151 | 151 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor (referred 3 |
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| 152 | 152 | | to in this section as ‘‘the Secretary’’), in consultation with 4 |
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| 153 | 153 | | the Secretary of Education, shall enter into contracts with 5 |
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| 154 | 154 | | industry intermediaries for the purpose of promoting the 6 |
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| 155 | 155 | | development of and access to apprenticeships for sec-7 |
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| 156 | 156 | | ondary school students, from amounts appropriated under 8 |
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| 157 | 157 | | subsection (f). 9 |
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| 158 | 158 | | (b) E |
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| 159 | 159 | | LIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to be awarded a con-10 |
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| 160 | 160 | | tract under this section, an industry intermediary shall 11 |
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| 161 | 161 | | submit an application to the Secretary, at such time and 12 |
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| 162 | 162 | | in such manner as may be required by the Secretary, that 13 |
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| 163 | 163 | | identifies proposed activities designed to further the pur-14 |
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| 164 | 164 | | pose described in subsection (a). 15 |
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| 165 | 165 | | (c) S |
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| 166 | 166 | | ELECTION.— 16 |
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| 167 | 167 | | (1) I |
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| 168 | 168 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 17 |
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| 169 | 169 | | contracts under this section based on competitive 18 |
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| 170 | 170 | | criteria to be prescribed by the Secretary. 19 |
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| 171 | 171 | | (2) P |
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| 172 | 172 | | RIORITY CONSIDERATION FOR CON -20 |
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| 173 | 173 | | TRACTS.—In awarding contracts under this section, 21 |
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| 174 | 174 | | the Secretary shall give priority consideration to 22 |
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| 175 | 175 | | intermediaries proposing contracts targeting— 23 |
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| 176 | 176 | | (A) engagement with students from sec-24 |
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| 177 | 177 | | ondary schools in which 40 percent of the stu-25 |
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| 178 | 178 | | dents the local educational agency serves are el-26 |
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| 182 | 182 | | igible for free or reduced price lunches under 1 |
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| 183 | 183 | | the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 2 |
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| 184 | 184 | | Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); 3 |
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| 185 | 185 | | (B) engagement with students served by— 4 |
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| 186 | 186 | | (i) rural high-need local educational 5 |
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| 187 | 187 | | agencies with locale codes of 32, 33, 41, 6 |
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| 188 | 188 | | 42, or 43; or 7 |
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| 189 | 189 | | (ii) educational service agencies serv-8 |
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| 190 | 190 | | ing rural high-need local educational agen-9 |
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| 191 | 191 | | cies with locale codes of 32, 33, 41, 42, or 10 |
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| 192 | 192 | | 43; 11 |
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| 193 | 193 | | (C) engagement with students residing in a 12 |
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| 194 | 194 | | Census tract that is a high poverty area, as de-13 |
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| 195 | 195 | | fined in section 681.260 of title 20, Code of 14 |
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| 196 | 196 | | Federal Regulations, or a successor regulation; 15 |
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| 197 | 197 | | (D) engagement with disconnected youth; 16 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (E) engagement with an Indian child, as 17 |
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| 199 | 199 | | defined in section 4 of the Indian Child Welfare 18 |
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| 200 | 200 | | Act of 1978 ( 25 U.S.C. 1903); 19 |
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| 201 | 201 | | (F) increasing participation of women in 20 |
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| 202 | 202 | | building trades and technology; and 21 |
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| 203 | 203 | | (G) engagement with individuals with dis-22 |
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| 204 | 204 | | abilities. 23 |
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| 205 | 205 | | (d) U |
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| 206 | 206 | | SE OFFUNDS.— 24 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (1) GENERAL ACTIVITIES.—An industry inter-1 |
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| 211 | 211 | | mediary that is awarded a contract under this sec-2 |
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| 212 | 212 | | tion may only use the funds made available through 3 |
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| 213 | 213 | | such contract to carry out activities designed to fur-4 |
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| 214 | 214 | | ther the purpose described in subsection (a), includ-5 |
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| 215 | 215 | | ing— 6 |
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| 216 | 216 | | (A) facilitating the development and provi-7 |
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| 217 | 217 | | sion of apprenticeships and related pre-appren-8 |
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| 218 | 218 | | ticeships, in the occupations of high need listed 9 |
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| 219 | 219 | | in subsection (e), through collaborations with 10 |
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| 220 | 220 | | public and private entities that provide job-re-11 |
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| 221 | 221 | | lated instruction, such as on-the-job training, 12 |
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| 222 | 222 | | pre-apprenticeship training, and technical train-13 |
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| 223 | 223 | | ing; 14 |
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| 224 | 224 | | (B) encouraging entities to establish such 15 |
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| 225 | 225 | | apprenticeships and related pre-apprenticeships; 16 |
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| 226 | 226 | | (C) identifying, assessing, and training ap-17 |
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| 227 | 227 | | plicants for such apprenticeships and pre-ap-18 |
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| 228 | 228 | | prenticeships who are— 19 |
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| 229 | 229 | | (i) enrolled in secondary school; 20 |
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| 230 | 230 | | (ii) enrolled in an early college high 21 |
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| 231 | 231 | | school that focuses on education in STEM 22 |
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| 232 | 232 | | subjects; 23 |
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| 236 | 236 | | (iii) individuals age 18 or older who 1 |
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| 237 | 237 | | meet appropriate qualification standards; 2 |
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| 238 | 238 | | or 3 |
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| 239 | 239 | | (iv) enrolled in a pre-apprenticeship, 4 |
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| 240 | 240 | | or a training initiative for an apprentice-5 |
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| 241 | 241 | | ship, that allow adults to concurrently in-6 |
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| 242 | 242 | | crease academic and workforce skills 7 |
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| 243 | 243 | | through proven, evidence-based models 8 |
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| 244 | 244 | | that connect all learning to the specific ap-9 |
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| 245 | 245 | | prenticeship involved and significantly ac-10 |
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| 246 | 246 | | celerate completion of preparation for the 11 |
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| 247 | 247 | | apprenticeship; 12 |
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| 248 | 248 | | (D) tracking the progress of such appli-13 |
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| 249 | 249 | | cants who participate in such apprenticeships; 14 |
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| 250 | 250 | | (E) orientation and training prior to the 15 |
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| 251 | 251 | | apprenticeship, and ongoing support; 16 |
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| 252 | 252 | | (F) recruitment and retention of employer 17 |
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| 253 | 253 | | partners; 18 |
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| 254 | 254 | | (G) administrative and operational activi-19 |
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| 255 | 255 | | ties; 20 |
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| 256 | 256 | | (H) coaching, including development of life 21 |
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| 257 | 257 | | skills, social-emotional skills, soft skills, employ-22 |
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| 258 | 258 | | ability skills, and workforce readiness; 23 |
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| 259 | 259 | | (I) wraparound support services, including 24 |
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| 260 | 260 | | monitoring of academic progress of the appren-25 |
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| 264 | 264 | | tice, and provision to the apprentice of financial 1 |
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| 265 | 265 | | incentives of payments for child and family care 2 |
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| 266 | 266 | | costs (such as transportation assistance or a 3 |
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| 267 | 267 | | gas card), and of free tutoring and career serv-4 |
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| 268 | 268 | | ices (which may include benefit counseling), in 5 |
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| 269 | 269 | | order to create a community of apprentices par-6 |
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| 270 | 270 | | ticipating in the activities described in sub-7 |
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| 271 | 271 | | section (b); and 8 |
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| 272 | 272 | | (J) paying 50 percent of the wages of an 9 |
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| 273 | 273 | | apprentice for the duration of the apprentice-10 |
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| 274 | 274 | | ship involved. 11 |
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| 275 | 275 | | (2) G |
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| 276 | 276 | | OODS AND SERVICES.—An industry inter-12 |
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| 277 | 277 | | mediary that receives a contract under this section 13 |
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| 278 | 278 | | may use the funds made available through such con-14 |
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| 279 | 279 | | tract for goods and services, including— 15 |
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| 280 | 280 | | (A) related educational goods and services, 16 |
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| 281 | 281 | | including provision of tuition assistance, books, 17 |
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| 282 | 282 | | and fees associated with any related instruction; 18 |
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| 283 | 283 | | (B) equipment and tools related to the ap-19 |
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| 284 | 284 | | prenticeship occupation; 20 |
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| 285 | 285 | | (C) clothing, including construction boots, 21 |
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| 286 | 286 | | kneepads, hard hats, and visibility vests, related 22 |
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| 287 | 287 | | to the apprenticeship occupation; and 23 |
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| 288 | 288 | | (D) technology and internet access. 24 |
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| 292 | 292 | | (e) OCCUPATIONS OFHIGHNEED.—The occupations 1 |
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| 293 | 293 | | of high need referred to in subsection (d)(1)(A) are occu-2 |
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| 294 | 294 | | pations that relate to— 3 |
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| 295 | 295 | | (1) building trades, including— 4 |
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| 296 | 296 | | (A) carpentry; 5 |
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| 297 | 297 | | (B) plumbing; 6 |
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| 298 | 298 | | (C) welding; 7 |
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| 299 | 299 | | (D) electrician occupations; 8 |
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| 300 | 300 | | (E) machinist occupations; 9 |
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| 301 | 301 | | (F) mechanic occupations; 10 |
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| 302 | 302 | | (G) pipe fitting; 11 |
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| 303 | 303 | | (H) heating, ventilation, and air condi-12 |
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| 304 | 304 | | tioning occupations; 13 |
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| 305 | 305 | | (I) operating engineer and equipment oper-14 |
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| 306 | 306 | | ator occupations; 15 |
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| 307 | 307 | | (J) cement mason occupations; 16 |
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| 308 | 308 | | (K) sheet metal work occupations; 17 |
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| 309 | 309 | | (L) boilermaker occupations; 18 |
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| 310 | 310 | | (M) solar installation; and 19 |
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| 311 | 311 | | (N) roofing; 20 |
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| 312 | 312 | | (2) architectural and engineering drafting and 21 |
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| 313 | 313 | | design; 22 |
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| 314 | 314 | | (3) health care, including the occupations of— 23 |
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| 315 | 315 | | (A) emergency medical technicians; 24 |
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| 316 | 316 | | (B) phlebotomists; 25 |
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| 320 | 320 | | (C) pharmacy technicians; 1 |
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| 321 | 321 | | (D) respiratory therapists; 2 |
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| 322 | 322 | | (E) home health aides; 3 |
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| 323 | 323 | | (F) radiologic technologists; 4 |
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| 324 | 324 | | (G) licensed practical nurses; 5 |
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| 325 | 325 | | (H) nurse technicians; and 6 |
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| 326 | 326 | | (I) laboratory technicians; 7 |
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| 327 | 327 | | (4) teaching, including early childhood edu-8 |
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| 328 | 328 | | cators; 9 |
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| 329 | 329 | | (5) technology, including— 10 |
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| 330 | 330 | | (A) computer science occupations; 11 |
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| 331 | 331 | | (B) fabrication laboratory technician; 12 |
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| 332 | 332 | | (C) telecommunications occupations; 13 |
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| 333 | 333 | | (D) data science occupations; and 14 |
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| 334 | 334 | | (E) product management; and 15 |
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| 335 | 335 | | (6) manufacturing. 16 |
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| 336 | 336 | | (f) A |
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| 337 | 337 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 17 |
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| 338 | 338 | | are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such 18 |
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| 339 | 339 | | sums as may be necessary for the purposes of carrying 19 |
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| 340 | 340 | | out this section. 20 |
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