S.Amdt. 1183

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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