S.Amdt. 3651

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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