Senate Releases Omnibus Funding Measure with SWACCA-Advocated Provisions
On Dec. 20, the U.S. Senate released the text of its 4,000+ page fiscal year 2023 omnibus funding bill to avoid a potential federal government shutdown on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022.
Among SWACCA’s many priorities, the omnibus spending bill includes SWACCA-advocated provisions to provide additional funds for the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division to increase investigations and enforcement actions related to employee misclassification, restrict the $285 million in apprenticeship funding in the bill solely to registered apprenticeship and encourage separating service members to pursue opportunities in registered apprenticeship programs.