S. 1148 — Introduced in Senate

II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1148 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 11, 2019 Mr. Hoeven (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to give preferential consideration to individuals who have successfully completed air traffic controller training and veterans when hiring air traffic control specialists. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the ATC Hiring Reform Act of 2019. 2. Hiring of air traffic control specialists Section 44506(f)(1)(B)(i) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking referring and all that follows through 10 percent. and inserting giving further preferential consideration, within each qualification category based upon pre-employment testing results, to pool 1 applicants described in clause (ii) before pool 2 applicants described in clause (iii).. 3. Report on air traffic controller and training (a) Report to Congress Not later than December 31, 2019, and every 6 months thereafter, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report regarding the hiring and training of air traffic controllers. (b) Contents Each report under subsection (a) shall include the following information: (1) The number of applicants, from each hiring pool, who have done the following: (A) Applied for the position of air traffic controller. (B) Been issued a tentative offer letter for the position of air traffic controller. (C) Been issued a firm offer letter for the position of air traffic controller. (D) Been hired for the position of air traffic controller. (E) Reported to the FAA Academy for initial qualification training. (F) Successfully passed Air Traffic Basics training at the FAA Academy. (G) Successfully passed Terminal initial training at the FAA Academy. (H) Successfully passed En Route initial training at the FAA Academy. (2) The average cost of training per individual for the following: (A) Air Traffic Basics training at the FAA Academy. (B) Terminal initial training at the FAA Academy. (C) En Route initial training at the FAA Academy. (3) The FAA Academy attrition rate for each hiring pool. (4) Other information determined appropriate by the Administrator.