[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 149 (Thursday, September 14, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S4534]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1214. Mr. WARNOCK (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Lujan, 
Mr. Ossoff, and Mr. Booker) submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 1092 proposed by Mrs. Murray (for herself and 
Ms. Collins) to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in division C, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. ___.  Using amounts made available for the Federal 
     Aviation Administration under this Act that are not otherwise 
     obligated, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit a 
     report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
     on whether, and the degree to which, the Federal Aviation 
     Administration's workforce development programs authorized in 
     section 625 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public 
     Law 115-254) have: (1) helped to expand the pool of 
     prospective applicants to the industry; (2) strengthened 
     aviation programs at minority-serving institutions, public 
     institutions of higher education, and public postsecondary 
     vocational institutions; and (3) encouraged the participation 
     of populations that are underrepresented in the aviation 
     workforce, including women, minorities, and individuals in 
     economically disadvantaged geographic areas and rural 
     communities. In submitting this report, the Federal Aviation 
     Administration shall also provide recommendations on how it 
     can better use its workforce development grant programs to: 
     (1) expand the pool of prospective applicants to the 
     industry; (2) strengthen aviation programs at minority-
     serving institutions, public institutions of higher 
     education, and public postsecondary vocational institutions; 
     and (3) encouraged the participation of populations that are 
     underrepresented in the aviation workforce, including women, 
     minorities, and individuals in economically disadvantaged 
     geographic areas and rural communities.
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