3.0.0 1322 2022-02-08T23:21:44Z 2022-02-08T23:21:44Z Senate S 2019-05-06 116 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-05-06T20:38:35Z 2019-05-06 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2019-05-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT N Transportation and Public Works Aviation and airports Congressional oversight Department of Transportation Employee hiring Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government studies and investigations National Guard and reserves Transportation employees Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Transportation and Public Works 00 2019-05-06 Introduced in Senate 2019-11-04T13:15:49Z Air Traffic Control Safe Operation and Readiness Act of 2019

This bill revises the hiring process for air traffic control specialists.

Specifically, the bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to

  • give preferential consideration to individuals who have successfully completed air traffic controller training and veterans,
  • consider for the interview stage of the hiring process candidates who score at or above the passing score on the Air Traffic Skills Assessment (AT-SA) and meet minimum qualifications established by the FAA, and
  • revise the AT-SA to ensure that all questions are supported by a peer reviewed job analysis and that it does not incorporate any biographical questionnaire or other questions of a biographical nature.
]]> Air Traffic Control Safe Operation and Readiness Act of 2019 Display Title Air Traffic Control Safe Operation and Readiness Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Air Traffic Control Safe Operation and Readiness Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to give preferential consideration to individuals who have successfully completed air traffic controller training and veterans when hiring air traffic control specialists, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1322is/xml/BILLS-116s1322is.xml 2019-05-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.