Bobby is working to support and expand registered apprenticeship programs to increase the pipeline of skilled workers into the shipbuilding and maritime trades.
Support and expand registered apprenticeship programs to build the workforce for shipbuilding and maritime trades.
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The Department announced a final rule for Workforce Pell Grants, with students able to receive Pell Grants for high-quality short-term workforce programs beginning July 1, 2026. The release says the program covers pathways such as apprenticeships and that Pell Grants will open doors for Registered Apprenticeships.
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The House Committee Repository lists a Scott amendment labeled SCOTT_RA_GRANT_AMD to H.R. 8210 and records Roll Call Vote #2 as failed, 14 yeas to 19 nays. The same markup reported H.R. 8210 as amended by 19 yeas to 14 nays.
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DOL announced more than $244 million to expand Registered Apprenticeships and listed Hampton Roads Workforce Council in Norfolk, Virginia, as receiving $6,000,000 through Apprenticeship Building America grants.
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DOL said the Apprentice School at Newport News Shipbuilding is one of the nation’s critical apprenticeship programs and that Labor and Navy would pursue expanded workforce development pathways through pre-apprenticeship and Registered Apprenticeship programs. The release says the school offers apprenticeships in 19 shipbuilding disciplines and is registered with the Virginia Apprenticeship Council.
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EDA awarded an $11 million Good Jobs Challenge grant to Hampton Roads Workforce Council to build a regional talent pipeline focused on the blue economy, clean energy, and related cybersecurity, including pathways for maritime engineering and robotics. Scott said the grant would strengthen and expand access to advanced job training.
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Robert C. Bobby Scott as sponsor of H.R. 2851, the National Apprenticeship Act of 2023, introduced April 25, 2023. The bill remained at the introduced/referred stage in the 118th Congress with 65 cosponsors.
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Congress.gov lists Scott as sponsor of H.R. 447. The official title was to amend the National Apprenticeship Act and expand the national apprenticeship system. The bill passed the House 247-173 on February 5, 2021, but its latest action was Senate referral to HELP on February 25, 2021.
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The House report was submitted by Mr. Scott of Virginia for H.R. 8294, a bill to amend the National Apprenticeship Act and expand the national apprenticeship system. The report described authorizing about $3.895 billion for FY2021-FY2025 and estimated support for about 964,400 new apprenticeship opportunities over five years.
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DOL announced nearly $162 million in cooperative agreements to expand Registered Apprenticeship in key sectors. The awards include $40 million to FloridaCommerce for a nationwide incentive program covering the defense industrial base, shipbuilding, and maritime manufacturing sectors; DOL said at least 85% of each award goes to eligible Registered Apprenticeship sponsors and sponsors are expected to begin applying for incentive funds in fall 2026.
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DOL announced a workforce-development partnership with military shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries to expand pre-apprenticeship opportunities and strengthen the maritime workforce. The release says the partnership advances executive orders that call for expanding Registered Apprenticeship, career and technical education, and maritime workforce rebuilding.
Assessments
Scott clearly supported and materially advanced registered-apprenticeship expansion, including sponsoring major National Apprenticeship Act bills and securing House passage of H.R. 447 in 2021, plus committee activity on later apprenticeship grant proposals. However, the central legislative expansions did not become law. Federal grants and agency actions did expand workforce and apprenticeship-related pathways in Hampton Roads, shipbuilding, and maritime sectors, including later DOL funding targeted to shipbuilding and maritime manufacturing, but the record does not show Scott directly secured or enacted those outcomes. This supports partial credit rather than full delivery.
Scott materially supported the goal through major apprenticeship-expansion legislation, including sponsoring H.R. 447 in 2021, which passed the House but stalled in the Senate, and reintroducing the National Apprenticeship Act in 2023. Federal agencies later funded and supported Hampton Roads and Newport News shipbuilding-related apprenticeship/workforce pathways, including a $6 million Registered Apprenticeship grant and DOL/Navy activity at Newport News Shipbuilding, but the evidence does not show Scott directly enacted or secured a completed registered-apprenticeship expansion for shipbuilding/maritime trades. This warrants partial credit, with an effort badge for serious legislative attempts that fell short of enactment.