S3993-119

In Committee

Reducing Arbitrary Barriers to Apprenticeship Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Mar 4, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Reducing Arbitrary Barriers to Apprenticeship Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors. The main policy domain is Defense, Labor, Housing.

Who Benefits and How

defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reducing Arbitrary Barriers to Apprenticeship Act of 2026.
  • Section idda3bad191b50431f9dcb3790f39db688: 2. Eliminating provisions relating to veterans educational assistance that disadvantage eligible individuals who choose to pursue programs of apprenticeship or...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Reducing Arbitrary Barriers to Apprenticeship Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.

Key Policy Areas

Defense, Labor, Housing

Primary Purpose

This bill, Reducing Arbitrary Barriers to Apprenticeship Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.

Policy Domains

Defense Labor Housing

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: is
defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: is
federal implementing agencies:
defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 29, 2026

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

Mar 4, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Mar 4, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Mar 4, 2026

Mr. Sheehy (for himself, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Cramer, Ms. Duckworth, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Defense Labor Housing
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

Learn more about our methodology