Title: A resolution designating March 2 through March 8, 2020, as "Women of the Aviation Workforce Week".
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
This resolution (1) designates March 2-March 8, 2020, as Women of the Aviation Workforce Week; (2) celebrates the U.S. aviation workforce; (3) encourages educational and training institutions to recruit women to join the aviation workforce; (4) encourages employers in the aviation industry to hire a diverse workforce, including women, veterans, and other underrepresented individuals; and (5) commits to raising awareness about the gender gap in the air and space industry, and taking legislative actions to address the gender gap in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 534 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 534

 Designating March 2 through March 8, 2020, as ``Women of the Aviation 
                           Workforce Week''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 5, 2020

     Ms. Rosen (for herself and Mr. Moran) submitted the following 
    resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Designating March 2 through March 8, 2020, as ``Women of the Aviation 
                           Workforce Week''.

Whereas the first week of March is internationally known as ``Women of Aviation 
        Worldwide Week'';
Whereas Women of Aviation Worldwide Week was created by the Institute for Women 
        Of Aviation Worldwide;
Whereas, over the last 5 years, the aviation industry has experienced an 
        increase in passenger traffic by an average of 6.5 percent per year;
Whereas the aviation industry is anticipating a significant shortage of skilled 
        professionals in the coming years;
Whereas the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor projected 
        that, in the next 10 years, the overall employment of airline and 
        commercial pilots is expected to grow more than 6 percent in the United 
        States;
Whereas less than 2 percent of the aircraft maintenance technicians in the world 
        and less than 10 percent of all working aeronautical engineers are 
        women;
Whereas the Federal Aviation Administration reports that less than 8 percent of 
        pilots and only 26 percent of air traffic controllers in the United 
        States are women;
Whereas women make up only 24 percent of the employees in the aerospace 
        industry;
Whereas aviation is a science, technology, engineering, and math (commonly known 
        as ``STEM'') focused career path;
Whereas the future of an abundant aviation workforce depends on a robust and 
        diverse pool of candidates; and
Whereas women such as Amelia Earhart, Cicely Williams, Nicole Malachowski, 
        Bessie Coleman, and Jeannie Leavitt have inspired, and will continue to 
        inspire, young women to pursue careers in aviation: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates March 2 through March 8, 2020, as ``Women of 
        the Aviation Workforce Week'';
            (2) celebrates the aviation workforce of the United States;
            (3) encourages educational and training institutions to 
        recruit women to join the aviation workforce;
            (4) encourages employers in the aviation industry to hire a 
        diverse workforce, including women, veterans, and other 
        underrepresented individuals; and
            (5) commits to--
                    (A) raising awareness about the gender gap in the 
                air and space industry; and
                    (B) taking legislative actions to address the 
                gender gap in science, technology, engineering, and 
                math (commonly known as ``STEM'') fields.
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