Title: Promoting Service in Transportation Act
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Promoting Service in Transportation Act
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish and administer a transportation workforce outreach program to (1) increase awareness of transportation career opportunities; and (2) increase diversity such as race, gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status of professionals in the transportation sector.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3303 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3303

To amend title 49, United States Code, to promote transportation career 
         opportunities and improve diversity in the workforce.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 13, 2020

Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Sullivan, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Gardner, and Ms. 
 Cortez Masto) 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 promote transportation career 
         opportunities and improve diversity in the workforce.

    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 ``Promoting Service in Transportation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION WORKFORCE OUTREACH PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 55 of subtitle III of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
``Sec. 5506. Transportation workforce outreach program
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation (referred to in 
this section as the `Secretary') shall establish and administer a 
transportation workforce outreach program, under which the Secretary 
shall carry out a series of public service announcement campaigns 
during each of fiscal years 2021 through 2026.
    ``(b) Purposes.--The purpose of the campaigns carried out under the 
program under this section shall be--
            ``(1) to increase awareness of career opportunities in the 
        transportation sector, including aviation pilots, safety 
        inspectors, mechanics and technicians, air traffic controllers, 
        flight attendants, truck drivers, engineers, transit workers, 
        railroad workers, and other transportation professionals; and
            ``(2) to increase diversity, including with respect to 
        race, gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, of 
        professionals in the transportation sector.
    ``(c) Advertising.--The Secretary may use, or authorize the use of, 
amounts made available to carry out the program under this section for 
the development, production, and use of broadcast, digital, and print 
media advertising and outreach in carrying out a campaign under this 
section.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $5,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2021 through 2026.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subchapter I of 
chapter 55 of subtitle III of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 5505 the following:

``5506. Transportation workforce outreach program.''.
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