I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2892 
To authorize scholarships to assist members of Junior Reserve Officers’ 
Training Corps in obtaining private pilot’s certificates. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 22, 2019 
Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma (for herself and Mr. KINZINGER) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 
Services 
A BILL 
To authorize scholarships to assist members of Junior Re-
serve Officers’ Training Corps in obtaining private pilot’s 
certificates. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ceiling and Visibility 
Unlimited Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROGRAMS OF SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MEMBERS OF 
JUNIOR 
RESERVE 
OFFICERS’ 
TRAINING 
CORPS UNITS TOWARD OBTAINING PRIVATE 
PILOT’S CERTIFICATES. 
(a) PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED.—Each Secretary of a 
military department may carry out a program to award 
scholarships to qualified members of units of the Junior 
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps under the jurisdiction of 
such Secretary to assist such members in obtaining a pri-
vate pilot’s certificate through an institution of higher 
education with an accredited aviation program that is ap-
proved by such Secretary pursuant to subsection (c). 
(b) MEMBER QUALIFICATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out a program 
under subsection (a), the Secretary of a military de-
partment shall prescribe the standards to be met by 
members of units of the Junior Reserve Officers’ 
Training Corps under the jurisdiction of such Sec-
retary to be eligible for the award of a scholarship 
under the program. 
(2) UNIFORMITY
ACROSS
MILITARY
DEPART-
MENTS.—To the extent practicable, the standards 
prescribed under this subsection shall be uniform 
across the military departments. 
(c) APPROVED INSTITUTIONS
OF HIGHER EDU-
CATION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out a program 
under subsection (a), the Secretary of a military de-
partment shall maintain a list of institutions of high-
er education at which a scholarship awarded under 
the program may be used toward obtaining a private 
pilot’s certificate. 
(2) QUALIFICATIONS
AND
STANDARDS.—Any 
institution of higher education included on a list 
under this subsection, and any course of instruction 
toward obtaining a private pilot’s certificate offered 
by such institution, shall meet such qualifications 
and standards as the Secretary shall prescribe for 
purposes of the program. Such qualifications and 
standards shall include a requirement that any insti-
tution included on the list award academic credit at 
such institution to any member awarded a scholar-
ship under the program for work (whether or not 
fully completed) on the ground school course of in-
struction of such institution in connection with ob-
taining a private pilot’s certificate. 
(d) SCHOLARSHIP.— 
(1) AMOUNT.—The amount of the scholarship 
awarded a member of a Junior Reserve Officers’ 
Training Corps under a program under subsection 
(a) shall be such amount as the Secretary of the 
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military department concerned considers appropriate 
to defray, whether in whole or in part, the charges 
and fees of a course of instruction toward obtaining 
a private pilot’s certificate offered by the institution 
of higher education to be attended by the member 
in obtaining the certificate. 
(2) USE.—A scholarship awarded a member 
under a program may be used by the member only 
to defray the charges and fees of an institution of 
higher education for a course of instruction toward 
obtaining a private pilot’s certificate. 
(3) MAINTENANCE OF MEMBERSHIP.—A schol-
arship awarded an individual under a program may 
be used by the individual only while the individual 
maintains membership in a unit of a Junior Reserve 
Officers’ Training Corps. 
(e) ANNUAL REPORTS ON PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than February 28, 
2021, and each year thereafter, each Secretary of a 
military department shall submit to Congress a re-
port on the program, if any, carried out by such 
Secretary during the preceding calendar year. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report under paragraph 
(1) shall include, for the program and year covered 
by such report, the following: 
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(A) The number of scholarships awarded. 
(B) The total amount of scholarships 
awarded. 
(C) The work undertaken through such 
scholarships, including the number of recipients 
who fully completed a ground school course of 
instruction in connection with obtaining a pri-
vate pilot’s certificate. 
(f) ASSESSMENT OF RELATED PILOT PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report 
setting forth the results of an assessment, conducted 
by the study group described in paragraph (2) for 
purposes of the report, of the pilot program con-
ducted by the Air Force in 2018 and 2019 known 
as the ‘‘Air Force JROTC Flight Academy, Chief of 
Staff Private Pilot Scholarship Program’’. 
(2) STUDY GROUP.—The study group described 
in this paragraph shall include the following: 
(A) A representative of the Department of 
Defense, selected by the Secretary of Defense. 
(B) A representative of the headquarters 
of the Air Force Junior Reserve Officers’ 
Training Corps with experience with the pilot 
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program, selected by the Secretary of the Air 
Force. 
(C) In addition to the representative under 
subparagraph (B), a representative of each 
military department, selected by the Secretary 
of such military department. 
(D) A representative of the Department of 
Transportation, selected by the Secretary of 
Transportation. 
(E) A representative of the Department of 
Education, selected by the Secretary of Edu-
cation. 
(F) Representatives of such private organi-
zations and entities as the Secretary of Defense 
considers appropriate. 
(3) ELEMENTS.—The assessment required by 
paragraph (1) shall identify best practices in assist-
ing members of the Junior Reserve Officers’ Train-
ing Corps in obtaining a private pilot’s certificate 
through institutions of higher education, including 
the most appropriate funding mechanisms for such 
practices. 
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