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S 1163 118th Congress Senate Transportation and Public Works

Aviation Minority Workforce Development Act of 2023

Introduced: March 30, 2023 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Mar 30, 2023
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Aviation Minority Workforce Development Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of Transportation to establish a grant program to increase racial and gender minority access and representation in the aviation workforce. Grants may be provided to minority-serving institutions (e.g., historically Black colleges and universities) and a consortium of one or more institutions of higher education that has a partnership with an aviation company or industry association, a labor-management organization, or other specified entity.

The grants must be used to

  • facilitate the creation of programs that educate and train students;
  • increase access to, and the availability of, resources at existing aviation workforce programs;
  • assist students with education, apprenticeship, internship, transportation, and certification costs; and
  • increase student outreach and recruitment.
What's happening now March 30, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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