Air Traffic Control Safe Operation and Readiness Act of 2019
Latest action · May 6, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 6, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Air Traffic Control Safe Operation and Readiness Act of 2019
This bill revises the hiring process for air traffic control specialists.
Specifically, the bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to
- give preferential consideration to individuals who have successfully completed air traffic controller training and veterans,
- consider for the interview stage of the hiring process candidates who score at or above the passing score on the Air Traffic Skills Assessment (AT-SA) and meet minimum qualifications established by the FAA, and
- revise the AT-SA to ensure that all questions are supported by a peer reviewed job analysis and that it does not incorporate any biographical questionnaire or other questions of a biographical nature.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 6, 2019Introduced in Senate
- May 6, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Aviation and airports
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Transportation
- Employee hiring
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- National Guard and reserves
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation employees
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 6, 2019Introduced in Senate
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