S.Amdt. 1957

SA 1957. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1911 submitted by Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Mr. Cruz, Ms.
Duckworth, and Mr. Moran) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R.
3935, to amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize and improve
the Federal Aviation Administration and other civil aviation programs,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. ATC SOAR.

(a) Hiring of Air Traffic Control Specialists.--Section
44506(f)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new clause:
``(iv) Consideration of candidates.--The Administrator
shall consider for the interview stage of the hiring process
candidates in each applicant pool described in this
subparagraph who--

``(I) score at or above a passing score as determined by
the Administrator on the Air Traffic Skills Assessment (AT-
SA); and
``(II) meet minimum qualifications established by the
Administrator.''.

(b) Ensuring Hiring of Air Traffic Control Specialists Is
Based on Assessment of Job-relevant Aptitudes.--
(1) Update of the air traffic skills assessment.--Not later
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall
revise the Air Traffic Skills Assessment (in this subsection
referred to as the ``AT-SA'') administered to air traffic
controller applicants described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of
section 44506(f)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, in
accordance with the following requirements:
(A) The Administrator shall ensure that all questions on
the AT-SA are supported by a peer-reviewed job analysis that
ensures all questions test job-relevant aptitudes.
(B) The Administrator shall ensure that the AT-SA does not
incorporate any biographical questionnaire or assessment or
other questions of a biographical nature (other than basic
identifiers such as first and last name) for applicants for
the position of air traffic controller from the applicant
pools described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of section
44506(f)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code.
(2) Conforming amendments eliminating use of biographical
assessments for all applicants.--Section 44506(f) of title
49, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), is
further amended--
(A) in paragraph (1)(C)--

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(i) by striking clause (ii); and
(ii) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii); and
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
``(B) No biographical assessments.--The Administrator shall
not use any biographical assessment when hiring under
paragraph (1)(A) or paragraph (1)(B).''.
(c) DOT Inspector General Report.--Not later than 180 days
after the date on which the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration completes the revision of the Air
Traffic Skills Assessment (AT-SA) required under subsection
(b)(1), the Inspector General of the Department of
Transportation shall submit a report to the Administrator,
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of
the House of Representatives, and, upon request, to any
member of Congress, that assesses the assumptions and
methodologies used to develop such revisions, the job-
relevant aptitudes measured, and the scoring process for the
revised assessment, together with, if appropriate, a
description of any actions taken or recommended to be taken
to address the results of the report.
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