To improve employment opportunities for veterans by requiring the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to determine whether occupations at the Administration relating to unmanned aircraft systems technology and regulations can be incorporated into the Veterans Employment Program of the Administration.

SA 3495. Mr. HELLER 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, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. INCORPORATION OF FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
OCCUPATIONS RELATING TO UNMANNED AIRCRAFT INTO
VETERANS EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS OF THE
ADMINISTRATION.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration, in consultation with the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary
of Labor, shall determine whether occupations of the
Administration relating to unmanned aircraft systems
technology and regulations can be incorporated into the
Veterans Employment Program of the Administration,
particularly in the interaction between such program and the
New Sights Work Experience Program and the Vet-Link
Cooperative Education Program.
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