# 114-hr-2224: Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2015

114-hr-2224, Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2015, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] (D-WA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-2224
- Congress: 114
- Title: Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2015
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- Introduced: 2015-05-01
- Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 29
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants to 10 eligible entities (partnerships among a local educational agency (LEA), a community college, and a state apprentice program or a joint-labor management training program) to carry out a program for students to: take science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses and STEM-focused Career and Technical Education courses and other courses during grades 11 and 12 at a secondary school served by the LEA that prepare them for community college; enroll in a course of study related to the manufacturing field at the community college upon graduating from the secondary school; and enroll, for a two-year period, in the state apprenticeship program or the joint-labor management training program upon receiving an associate's degree from the community college.

## Cosponsors (29)

- JIM MCDERMOTT (D-WA), 2015-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2015-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2015-10-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2015-10-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2015-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2015-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
- RICHARD NOLAN (D-MN), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- LOUISE SLAUGHTER (D-NY), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- MICHAEL HONDA (D-CA), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] (D-OH), 2015-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA), 2015-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA), 2015-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] (D-NY), 2015-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH), 2015-11-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2015-11-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA), 2015-11-30T00:00:00.000Z
- CORRINE BROWN (D-FL), 2015-11-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2015-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- CHARLES RANGEL (D-NY), 2015-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA), 2015-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (D-CA), 2016-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2016-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2016-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2016-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA), 2016-09-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2016-09-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2016-11-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2016-11-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2016-11-18T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-2224 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2224)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2224 (as of 2025-11-18).