ADVICE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4386 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4386 To establish an advisory committee regarding data standardization and integration for apprenticeships, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 27, 2026 Mr. Cassidy (for himself and Mr. Tuberville) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish an advisory committee regarding data standardization and integration for apprenticeships, and for other purposes. 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 Data Value Improvements to Create Employment Act'' or the ``ADVICE Act''. SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE REGARDING APPRENTICESHIPS. (a) Establishment.--There is established an apprenticeship advisory committee within the Department of Labor (in this section referred to as the ``Committee''). (b) Membership.--The Secretary of Labor shall appoint to the Committee-- (1) 4 members representing State workforce agencies, of which 2 members shall be from States with a State apprenticeship agency; (2) 2 members representing statewide longitudinal data systems that specialized in privacy, security, and interoperability; (3) 2 members who are sponsors of a registered apprenticeship program, of which 1 member shall be from a sponsor that is an intermediary; (4) 2 members that are sponsors of a registered apprenticeship program who represent industries with a historically low proportion of registered apprenticeship programs that experienced a high growth of such programs in the 5 years before the date of enactment of