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]
[H.R. 5118 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5118

To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a program to carry 
   out public service campaigns which promote transportation career 
         opportunities and improve diversity in the workforce.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 15, 2019

   Mr. Larsen of Washington (for himself, Mr. Young, and Ms. Craig) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a program to carry 
   out public service campaigns which 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.--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 shall establish and administer a 
transportation workforce outreach program that carries out a series of 
public service announcement campaigns during fiscal years 2021 through 
2026.
    ``(b) Purpose.--The purpose of each campaign carried out under the 
program shall be to achieve the following objectives:
            ``(1) 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.
            ``(2) Increase diversity, including race, gender, 
        ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, of professionals in the 
        transportation sector.
    ``(c) Advertising.--The Secretary may use, or authorize the use of, 
funds available to carry out the program for the development, 
production, and use of broadcast, digital, and print media advertising 
and outreach in carrying out campaigns under this section.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section, 
there are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each fiscal 
years 2021 through 2026.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 55 of 
subtitle III of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 5505 the following new item:

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