Historic Infrastructure Management and Jobs Training Act
Sponsored By: Representative Rescom. Hernández, Pablo Jose [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced
Summary
Historic preservation workforce development. This bill would create a competitive grant program to fund training and apprenticeships in skilled trades that preserve historic buildings, objects, and archival records.
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- Workers get apprenticeships and training in trades such as historic masonry, timber framing, plaster, tile, ornamental woodwork, metalwork, archival conservation, and archaeological stabilization.
- Priority goes to projects serving areas with unemployment higher than the national average and to rural or underserved communities that lack preservation expertise.
- Eligible applicants include States, territories, local governments, Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, public or nonprofit preservation groups, and accredited educational institutions.
- Projects must establish or expand workforce education, training, or apprenticeship programs that teach specialized preservation skills.
- Projects involving skilled trades must follow Department of Labor standards, coordinate with or register under the Office of Apprenticeship, and align with applicable collective bargaining agreements.
- Grant recipients must report measurable workforce outcomes, including the number of participants and the number who complete certifications or credentials.
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Historic preservation job training grants
This bill would create a competitive grant program to fund training, apprenticeships, and skilled-trades development for historic preservation. Grants would go to states, territories, local governments, tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, nonprofits, and accredited schools. Funded projects would teach hands-on skills like historic masonry, timber framing, ornamental woodwork, archives conservation, and archaeological preservation. Priority would go to places with higher unemployment and to rural and underserved communities. Projects involving defined skilled trades would need to follow Department of Labor apprenticeship rules and any collective bargaining agreements. Grant recipients would report how many people trained and how many completed preservation certifications. The program would begin upon enactment.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rescom. Hernández, Pablo Jose [D-PR-At Large]
PR • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
FL • D
Sponsored 1/21/2026
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