This month, I introduced the Veteran Apprenticeship and Labor Opportunity Reform (VALOR) Act to make it easier for businesses to take on veterans as apprentices. It’s a small fix that will make a big difference for some of our nation’s finest.
Under current law, non-federal apprenticeship training programs located in multiple states have to register with each state approval agency individually, subjecting them to mountains of paperwork and multiple review processes. In response, employers have decided to limit their programs to a smaller number of states and, as a result, hire fewer veterans. The VALOR Act would amend current law to allow for a single, more streamlined approval process.
To make employers register their apprenticeship programs in every single state they operate in is a needlessly burdensome requirement. It also has the perverse effect of making it harder to hire veterans. My legislation will cut through the red tape and free up time and resources for employers, so they can take on more veterans. After all they’ve done for us, we owe it to our veterans to set things right.