3.0.0 3953 2023-01-11T13:46:15Z 2023-01-11T13:46:15Z Senate S 2020-06-11 116 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-11T21:57:30Z FLIGHT Act 116 7157 HR 2020-06-11 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Related bill CRS 2020-06-11 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2020-06-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. N T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2020-06-11 True S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC 2020-06-11 True C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2020-06-11 True Armed Forces and National Security Aviation and airports Congressional oversight Employment and training programs Higher education Licensing and registrations Military education and training Minority education Student aid and college costs User charges and fees Armed Forces and National Security 00 2020-06-11 Introduced in Senate 2021-06-23T13:56:16Z Fostering Leadership and Inclusion by Growing HBCU Training Act of 2020 or the FLIGHT Act

This bill directs the Department of Defense to carry out two five-year pilot programs to

  • assess the feasibility and advisability of mechanisms to reduce barriers to participation in the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps at certain historically Black colleges and universities and certain other minority institutions of higher education (covered institutions) by creating partnerships between satellite or extension Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps units at such institutions and military installations, and
  • assess the feasibility and advisability of providing financial assistance to members of the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps and members of the Coast Guard College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative at covered institutions for participation in flight training.
]]> FLIGHT Act Display Title FLIGHT Act Short Title(s) as Introduced FLIGHT Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Fostering Leadership and Inclusion by Growing HBCU Training Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require pilot programs in connection with Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps units at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and minority institutions, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3953is/xml/BILLS-116s3953is.xml 2020-06-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. 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.