Congress·In Committee·S. 4386

ADVICE Act

Apprenticeships: Improving Job Training Data

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The ADVICE Act was recently introduced in the Senate and is currently being reviewed by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. No further actions are scheduled at this time, so the bill is waiting for the committee to decide on its next steps. It is currently in the early stages of the legislative process.

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Unlikely to pass

While apprenticeships usually have bipartisan support, this bill currently only has Republican sponsors and is in the very early stages of the legislative process.

Key Points

This bill creates a new group of experts at the Labor Department to improve how the government tracks apprenticeships. The group will include people from state agencies, businesses, and labor unions. They will look for ways to make job training data more accurate and easier to use.
The goal is to help workers by better tracking how much people earn and if they keep their jobs after finishing an apprenticeship. It also aims to give individuals easier access to their own training and employment records so they can prove their skills to future bosses.
Right now, it is often hard for businesses to report apprenticeship information because the computer systems do not talk to each other. This plan would find ways to link job training data with other systems like education records and unemployment insurance to reduce paperwork and save time.
Within two years, the committee will give a report to Congress with their ideas. After that, the Labor Department will create a plan to help states update their systems and ask for federal funding to make these changes happen across the country.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

2 milestones2 actions

Apr 27, 2026Senate

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.

Apr 27, 2026

Introduced in Senate

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

Votes

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News

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

ADVICE Act

Bill NumberS 4386

Congress119th Congress

ChamberSenate

Latest ActionRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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(1)

R: 1

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