[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 170 (Monday, October 28, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S6198]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1183. Mr. HOEVEN (for himself and Ms. Baldwin) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 948 proposed by Mr. 
Shelby to the bill H.R. 3055, making appropriations for the Departments 
of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place under the heading ``operations'' 
     under the heading ``Federal Aviation Administration'' in 
     title I of division D, insert the following: ``Provided  
     further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
     not less than $5,000,000 shall be used, using lessons learned 
     from the existing Department of Transportation's Forces to 
     Flyers research initiative or other prior workforce 
     development activities, to provide competitive grants to 
     flight schools that are certificated under the Federal 
     Aviation Administration's part 141 regulations and have an 
     established employment pathway with a commercial air carrier 
     operating under part 121 or 135 of such regulations to 
     provide flight training services to veterans of the United 
     States Armed Forces without prior military pilot experience 
     who are interested in becoming airline pilots and, in 
     awarding such competitive grants, the Administrator of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration shall prioritize flight 
     schools that are accredited by the Department of Education or 
     hold a restricted airline transport pilot letter of 
     authorization.''.
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