PREREQUISITE EDUCATION; APPROVED TRAINING PROGRAMS.

SEC. 1829. PREREQUISITE EDUCATION; APPROVED TRAINING PROGRAMS.(a) In General.—Section 236(a)(5) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2296(a)(5)) is amended—(1) in subparagraph (A)—(A) by striking “and” at the end of clause (i);(B) by adding “and” at the end of clause (ii); and(C) by inserting after clause (ii) the following:123 STAT. 383 “(iii) apprenticeship programs 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.),”;(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively;(3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:“(E) any program of prerequisite education or coursework required to enroll in training that may be approved under this section,”;(4) in subparagraph (F)(ii), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by striking “and” at the end;(5) in subparagraph (G), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting “, and”; and(6) by adding at the end the following:“(H) any training program or coursework at an accredited institution of higher education (described in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), including a training program or coursework for the purpose of—“(i) obtaining a degree or certification; or“(ii) completing a degree or certification that the worker had previously begun at an accredited institution of higher education.The Secretary may not limit approval of a training program under paragraph (1) to a program provided pursuant to title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.).”.(b) Conforming Amendments.—Section 233 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2293) is amended—(1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting “prerequisite education or” after “requires a program of”; and(2) in subsection (f) (as redesignated by section 1821(c) of this subtitle), by inserting “prerequisite education or” after “includes a program of”.(c) Technical Corrections.—Section 236 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2296) is amended—(1) in subsection (a)—(A) in paragraph (1), in the flush text, by striking “his behalf” and inserting “the worker’s behalf”; and(B) in paragraph (3), by striking “this paragraph (1)” and inserting “paragraph (1)”; and(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking “, and” and inserting a period.