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[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1148 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1148

To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the Administrator of 
the Federal Aviation Administration to give preferential consideration 
 to individuals who have successfully completed air traffic controller 
   training and veterans when hiring air traffic control specialists.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 11, 2019

  Mr. Hoeven (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL

 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the Administrator of 
the Federal Aviation Administration to give preferential consideration 
 to individuals who have successfully completed air traffic controller 
   training and veterans when hiring air traffic control specialists.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``ATC Hiring Reform Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. HIRING OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SPECIALISTS.

    Section 44506(f)(1)(B)(i) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``referring'' and all that follows through ``10 
percent.'' and inserting ``giving further preferential consideration, 
within each qualification category based upon pre-employment testing 
results, to pool 1 applicants described in clause (ii) before pool 2 
applicants described in clause (iii).''.

SEC. 3. REPORT ON AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER AND TRAINING.

    (a) Report to Congress.--Not later than December 31, 2019, and 
every 6 months thereafter, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 
report regarding the hiring and training of air traffic controllers.
    (b) Contents.--Each report under subsection (a) shall include the 
following information:
            (1) The number of applicants, from each hiring pool, who 
        have done the following:
                    (A) Applied for the position of air traffic 
                controller.
                    (B) Been issued a tentative offer letter for the 
                position of air traffic controller.
                    (C) Been issued a firm offer letter for the 
                position of air traffic controller.
                    (D) Been hired for the position of air traffic 
                controller.
                    (E) Reported to the FAA Academy for initial 
                qualification training.
                    (F) Successfully passed Air Traffic Basics training 
                at the FAA Academy.
                    (G) Successfully passed Terminal initial training 
                at the FAA Academy.
                    (H) Successfully passed En Route initial training 
                at the FAA Academy.
            (2) The average cost of training per individual for the 
        following:
                    (A) Air Traffic Basics training at the FAA Academy.
                    (B) Terminal initial training at the FAA Academy.
                    (C) En Route initial training at the FAA Academy.
            (3) The FAA Academy attrition rate for each hiring pool.
            (4) Other information determined appropriate by the 
        Administrator.
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