Sec. 3. On-farm apprenticeship program
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In this section: The term apprentice means an individual in an apprenticeship registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the National Apprenticeship Act ; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq. ). The term apprenticeship costs means the actual costs incurred by an agricultural business in employing an apprentice through the program, including— wages paid to the apprentice (not including allowances that are funded through the Civilian Conservation Corps established under section 166 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, as added by section 2 of this Act); a reasonable allocation of fixed overhead expenses relating to the apprenticeship under the program; and incidental costs directly relating to the apprenticeship under the program.
The term program means the agricultural workforce development program established under subsection (b). The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations to establish an agricultural workforce development program to provide incentives for agricultural businesses to employ apprentices, including employing participants in or applicants for the Civilian Conservation Corps established under section 166 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, through partial reimbursement of the apprenticeship costs.
In the regulations promulgated under subsection (b), the Secretary shall specify, at a minimum— the criteria for selecting an agricultural business for participation in the program, which shall include— the ability of the agricultural business to effectively supervise an apprentice; and the opportunity for an apprentice to obtain meaningful work experience through the apprenticeship; the process and timeline for selecting agricultural businesses and apprentices that are qualified to participate in the program; the accounting requirements for tracking apprenticeship costs under the program; and the process for an agricultural business to seek reimbursements for apprenticeship costs under the program.
Under the program, the Secretary shall reimburse an agricultural business in an amount equal to not more than 50 percent of apprenticeship costs. An agricultural business may not be reimbursed under the program for the apprenticeship costs of more than 3 apprentices for any 1 fiscal year. Nothing in this section shall be construed to change the status of an individual participating in the Civilian Conservation Corps established under section 101(30)(B) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12511(30)(B) ) for purposes of chapter 2 of subtitle E of title I of that Act, as added by section 2 of this Act.
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