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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. 

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 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘ATC Hiring Reform 

5 Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. HIRING OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SPECIALISTS. 

2 Section 44506(f)(1)(B)(i) of title 49, United States 

3 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘referring’’ and all that fol4 lows through ‘‘10 percent.’’ and inserting ‘‘giving further 

5 preferential consideration, within each qualification cat6 egory based upon pre-employment testing results, to pool 

7 1 applicants described in clause (ii) before pool 2 appli8 cants described in clause (iii).’’. 

9 SEC. 3. REPORT ON AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER AND TRAIN10 ING. 

11 (a) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Decem12 ber 31, 2019, and every 6 months thereafter, the Adminis13 trator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall submit 

14 to the appropriate committees of Congress a report re15 garding the hiring and training of air traffic controllers. 

16 (b) CONTENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) 

17 shall include the following information: 

18 (1) The number of applicants, from each hiring 

19 pool, who have done the following: 

20 (A) Applied for the position of air traffic 

21 controller. 

22 (B) Been issued a tentative offer letter for 

23 the position of air traffic controller. 

24 (C) Been issued a firm offer letter for the 

25 position of air traffic controller. 


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1 (D) Been hired for the position of air traf2 fic controller. 

3 (E) Reported to the FAA Academy for ini4 tial qualification training. 

5 (F) Successfully passed Air Traffic Basics 

6 training at the FAA Academy. 

7 (G) Successfully passed Terminal initial 

8 training at the FAA Academy. 

9 (H) Successfully passed En Route initial 

10 training at the FAA Academy. 

11 (2) The average cost of training per individual 

12 for the following: 

13 (A) Air Traffic Basics training at the FAA 

14 Academy. 

15 (B) Terminal initial training at the FAA 

16 Academy. 

17 (C) En Route initial training at the FAA 

18 Academy. 

19 (3) The FAA Academy attrition rate for each 

20 hiring pool. 

21 (4) Other information determined appropriate 

22 by the Administrator. 

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