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FLIGHT Act

Introduced: June 11, 2020 Introduced by: Coons, Christopher A. Democratic · Delaware See on congress.gov
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Jun 11, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Jun 11, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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Fostering Leadership and Inclusion by Growing HBCU Training Act of 2020 or the FLIGHT Act

This bill directs the Department of Defense to carry out two five-year pilot programs to

  • assess the feasibility and advisability of mechanisms to reduce barriers to participation in the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps at certain historically Black colleges and universities and certain other minority institutions of higher education (covered institutions) by creating partnerships between satellite or extension Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps units at such institutions and military installations, and
  • assess the feasibility and advisability of providing financial assistance to members of the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps and members of the Coast Guard College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative at covered institutions for participation in flight training.
What's happening now June 11, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
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Scott, Tim
South Carolina · Jun 11, 2020
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Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Jun 11, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3953: FLIGHT Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3953/
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"S. 3953: FLIGHT Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3953/.
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S. 3953, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3953/.
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