CS for HJR 32(MLV) - Hiring Goals for Apprentices and Veteran Apprentices

• Encourages Congress to require federal Department of Defense construction project offerors to establish a goal that at least 10 percent of total workforce are participants in qualified apprenticeship or postsecondary programs

• Encourages Congress to require contractors and subcontractors on domestic DoD construction projects to ensure that at least 10 percent of apprentices or postsecondary students in any classification are veterans of the armed forces

• Cites that $10,900,000,000 will be spent on military construction in 2022 that will require thousands of workers, presenting opportunities for veteran employment

• References that Alaska has the highest rate of veterans in the nation at nearly 14 percent of adult population, with 581,000 unemployed veterans nationally in 2020

• Directs distribution of the resolution to President Biden, Vice President Harris, Congress leadership, and all members of the 117th Congress