1. Short title and table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act or the EARNS Act . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings and purposes. Sec. 3. Definitions. TITLE I—Promoting covered apprenticeships Subtitle A—The Office of Apprenticeship and State registration agency approval process Sec. 111. The Office of Apprenticeship. Sec. 112. Promoting awareness of covered apprenticeship programs. Sec. 113. National Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships. Sec. 114. Recognition of State apprenticeship agencies. Subtitle B—Process and standards for the national apprenticeship system Chapter 1—Process Sec. 121. Registration of programs as apprenticeship programs. Sec. 122. Apprentice process. Sec. 123. Modifications or changes to apprenticeship programs. Chapter 2—Required apprenticeship program standards Sec. 125. Required standards. Sec. 126. Apprenticeable occupations standards. Sec. 127. Quality standards of an apprenticeship program. Sec. 128. Apprenticeship agreement standards. Subtitle C—Evaluations and research Sec. 131. Evaluations. Sec. 132. Research. Subtitle D—General provisions Sec. 141. Authorization of appropriations. TITLE II—Apprenticeship modernization and expansion grants Sec. 201. Grants. TITLE III—General provisions Sec. 301. Rule of construction. Sec. 302. Effective date. 2. Findings and purposes (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) A highly skilled workforce is necessary to compete in the global economy, support economic growth, and maintain the standard of living of the United States. (2) The registered apprenticeship model is a longstanding, on-the-job training and education model that prepares workers for the skill demands of particular occupations and employers while, at the same time, providing the workers with recognized, portable credentials, and wages while in training. (3) The registered apprenticeship program model