1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Building U.S. Infrastructure by Leveraging Demands for Skills or the BUILDS Act . 2. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to promote industry or sector partnerships that engage in collaborative planning, resource alignment, and training efforts across multiple businesses, for a range of workers employed or potentially employed by infrastructure industries, in order to encourage industry growth and competitiveness and to improve worker training, retention, and advancement. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Career and technical education; career guidance and academic counseling The terms career and technical education and career guidance and academic counseling have the meanings given such terms in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( 20 U.S.C. 2302 ). (2) Career pathway The term career pathway has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3102 ). (3) Eligible entity The term eligible entity means an entity that is an industry or sector partnership, or (with respect to an implementation grant) an entity that is in the process of establishing an industry or sector partnership. (4) Individual with a barrier to employment; industry or sector partnership; local board The terms individual with a barrier to employment , industry or sector partnership , and local board have the meanings given such terms in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. (5) Recognized postsecondary credential; registered apprenticeship program The terms recognized postsecondary credential and registered apprenticeship program have the meanings given such terms in such section. (6) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Labor. (7) State