[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 55 (Tuesday, April 12, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1919-S1920]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3651. Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Murkowski, and 
Ms. Ayotte) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment 
SA 3464 submitted by Mr. Thune (for himself and Mr. Nelson) to the bill 
H.R. 636, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently 
extend increased expensing limitations,

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and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       Beginning on page 316, strike line 20 and all that follows 
     through page 318, line 17, and insert the following:
       ``(B) Consideration of additional applicants.--The 
     Administrator shall consider additional applicants for the 
     position of air traffic controller by referring an 
     approximately equal number of employees for appointment among 
     the the applicant pools described in subparagraph (C). If the 
     number of referrals from one of the pools is insufficient to 
     provide an approximately equal number of candidates as the 
     other pools in order to meet the need of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration for new employees, the Administrator shall 
     draw from the other pools to meet the need. The number of 
     employees referred for consideration from pool one and pool 
     two shall not differ by more than 10 percent.
       ``(C) Applicant pools.--The the applicant pools referred to 
     in subparagraph (B) are the following:
       ``(i) Pool one.--Applicants who have successfully completed 
     air traffic controller training and graduated from an 
     institution participating in the Collegiate Training 
     Initiative program maintained under subsection (c)(1) who 
     have received from the institution--

       ``(I) an appropriate recommendation; or
       ``(II) an endorsement certifying that the individual would 
     have met the requirements in effect as of December 31, 2013, 
     for an appropriate recommendation.

       ``(ii) Pool two.--Applicants who apply under a vacancy 
     announcement recruiting from all United States citizens.
       ``(iii) Pool three.--Applicants who--

       ``(I) are eligible for a veterans recruitment appointment 
     pursuant to section 4214 of title 38, United States Code, and 
     provide a Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active 
     Duty within 120 days of the announcement closing;
       ``(II) are eligible veterans (as defined in section 4211 of 
     title 38, United States Code) maintaining aviation experience 
     obtained in the course of the individual's military 
     experience; or
       ``(III) are preference eligible veterans (as defined in 
     section 2108 of title 5, United States Code).

       ``(D) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this paragraph 
     limits the applicability to the three pools of applicants 
     described in subparagraph (C) of any provision of title 5 
     relating to veterans.
       ``(2) Use of biographical assessments.--
       ``(A) Biographical assessments.--The Administration shall 
     not use any biographical assessment when hiring under 
     subparagraph (A) or clause (i) or (iii) of subparagraph (C) 
     of paragraph (1).
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