IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 758 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 26, 2005 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To establish an interagency aerospace revitalization task 
force to develop a national strategy for aerospace work-
force recruitment, training, and cultivation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The aerospace industry generates nearly 15 
percent of the gross domestic product of the United 
States, supports approximately 11,000,000 jobs in 
the United States, and leads the United States econ-
omy in net exports. 
(2) The aerospace industry contributes directly 
to the economic and national security of the United 
States through military, space, air transport, and in-
formation technology applications. 
(3) A skilled and educated workforce represents 
the most valuable asset of the United States econ-
omy. 
(4) In 2004, total employment in the aerospace 
industry fell to its lowest point in 50 years. 
(5) 27 percent of the aerospace manufacturing 
workforce will become eligible for retirement by 
2008. 
(6) Students in the United States rank near the 
bottom of the leading industrialized countries of the 
world in mathematics and science test performance. 
(7) To ensure the stability of high-skilled jobs 
and the global competitiveness of the domestic aero-
space industry, the United States requires coordi-
nated Federal Government policies to sustain and
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expand the science, mathematics, engineering, and 
manufacturing workforce. 
SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY AEROSPACE REVITALIZATION TASK 
FORCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a task 
force to be known as the ‘‘Interagency Aerospace Revital-
ization Task Force’’ (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Task Force’’). 
(b) DUTIES.—The Task Force shall develop a strat-
egy for the Federal Government for aerospace workforce 
development, including strategies for— 
(1) maximizing cooperation among departments 
and agencies of the Federal Government and the use 
of resources of the Federal Government in fulfilling 
demand for a skilled workforce across all vocational 
classifications; 
(2) developing integrated Federal Government 
policies to promote and monitor public and private 
sector programs for science, engineering, technology, 
mathematics, and skilled trades education and train-
ing; and 
(3) establishing partnerships with industry, or-
ganized labor, academia, and State and local govern-
ments to—
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(A) collect and disseminate information on 
occupational requirements and projected em-
ployment openings; and 
(B) coordinate appropriate agency re-
sources, including grants, loans, and scholar-
ships, for the advancement of workforce edu-
cation, training, and certification programs. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) NUMBER
AND
APPOINTMENT.—The Task 
Force shall be composed of 11 members who shall 
be appointed as follows: 
(A) One member shall be the Assistant 
Secretary of Labor for Employment and Train-
ing. 
(B) One member shall be a representative 
of the Department of Commerce and shall be 
appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. 
(C) One member shall be a representative 
of the Department of Defense and shall be ap-
pointed by the Secretary of Defense. 
(D) One member shall be a representative 
of the Department of Homeland Security and 
shall be appointed by the Secretary of Home-
land Security.