Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

29 U.S.C. § 50

Promotion of labor standards of apprenticeship

section 17 of title 20The Secretary of Labor is authorized and directed to formulate and promote the furtherance of labor standards necessary to safeguard the welfare of apprentices, to extend the application of such standards by encouraging the inclusion thereof in contracts of apprenticeship, to bring together employers and labor for the formulation of programs of apprenticeship, to cooperate with State agencies engaged in the formulation and promotion of standards of apprenticeship, and to cooperate with the Secretary of Education in accordance with . For the purposes of this chapter the term “State” shall include the District of Columbia.

Aug. 16, 1937, ch. 663, § 150 Stat. 66453 Stat. 1424July 12, 1943, ch. 22157 Stat. 51867 Stat. 631Pub. L. 93–198, title II87 Stat. 784Pub. L. 96–88, title III, § 301(a)(1)93 Stat. 677(, ; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§  201, 204, 206, eff. , 4 F.R. 2728, , 1425; , title VII, ; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. , 18 F.R. 2053, ; , §  204(h), , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 17 of title 20Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a)80 Stat. 643, referred to in text, was repealed by , , .

Codification

Words “with the National Youth Administration” were omitted from text in view of abolition of National Youth Administration by act .

Amendments

Pub. L. 93–1981973— inserted provision that “State” includes the District of Columbia.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1973 Amendment

Pub. L. 93–198section 771(b) of Pub. L. 93–198section 49b of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out in part as a note under .

Short Title of 2020 Amendment

Pub. L. 116–134, § 1134 Stat. 276

section 50c of this title“This Act [enacting ] may be cited as the ‘Support for Veterans in Effective Apprenticeships Act of 2019’.”
, , , provided that:

Short Title

act of Aug. 16, 1937, ch. 66350 Stat. 664The , , which enacted this chapter, is popularly known as the “National Apprenticeship Act”.

Transfer of Functions

section 301(a)(1) of Pub. L. 96–88section 3441(a)(1) of Title 20“Secretary of Education” substituted in text for “Office of Education under the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare”, pursuant to , which is classified to , Education, and which transferred all functions of Office of Education to Secretary of Education.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Functions of Federal Security Administrator transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and all agencies of Federal Security Agency transferred to Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 5 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Federal Security Agency and office of Administrator abolished by section 8 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953.

Reorg. Plan No. I of 1939, consolidated National Youth Administration and Office of Education, with other agencies, into Federal Security Agency under supervision and direction of Federal Security Administrator.

Executive Order No. 13801

Ex. Ord. No. 13801, , 82 F.R. 28229, which related to expanding apprenticeships and reducing federally funded education and workforce development programs, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 14016, , 86 F.R. 11089.

Executive Order No. 14119

Ex. Ord. No. 14119, , 89 F.R. 17265, relating to scaling and expanding the use of registered apprenticeships in industries and the Federal Government and promoting Labor-Management Forums, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 14236, § 2(q), , 90 F.R. 13038.