Promoting Service in Transportation Act

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1681 To amend title 49, United States Code, to promote transportation career opportunities and improve diversity in the workforce. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 18, 2021 Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. SULLIVAN, and Ms. CORTEZ MASTO) 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 promote transpor- tation career opportunities and improve diversity in the workforce. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting Service in 4 Transportation Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:07 May 28, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1681.IS S1681 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1681 IS SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION WORKFORCE OUTREACH PRO- 1 GRAM. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 55 of 3 subtitle III of title 49, United States Code, is amended 4 by adding at the end the following: 5 ‘‘§ 5506. Transportation workforce outreach program 6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 7 (referred to in this section as the ‘Secretary’) shall estab- 8 lish and administer a transportation workforce outreach 9 program, under which the Secretary shall carry out a se- 10 ries of public service announcement campaigns during 11 each of fiscal years 2022 through 2027. 12 ‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purpose of the campaigns car- 13 ried out under the program under this section shall be— 14 ‘‘(1) to increase awareness of career opportuni- 15 ties in the transportation sector, including aviation 16 pilots, safety inspectors, mechanics and technicians, 17 air traffic controllers, flight attendants, truck and 18 bus drivers, engineers, transit workers, railroad 19 workers, and other transportation professionals; and 20 ‘‘(2) to target awareness of professional oppor- 21 tunities in the transportation sector to diverse seg- 22 ments of the population, including with respect to 23 race, sex, age, ethnicity, ability (including physical 24 and mental ability), and socioeconomic status. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:07 May 28, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1681.IS S1681 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 1681 IS ‘‘(c) ADVERTISING.—The Secretary may use, or au- 1 thorize the use of, amounts made available to carry out 2 the program under this section for the development, pro- 3 duction, and use of broadcast, digital, and print media ad- 4 vertising and outreach in carrying out a campaign under 5 this section. 6 ‘‘(d) FUNDING.—For each of fiscal years 2022 7 through 2027, the Secretary may use to carry out this 8 section any amounts otherwise made available to the Sec- 9 retary, not to exceed $5,000,000 for each fiscal year.’’. 10 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 11 for chapter 55 of subtitle III of title 49, United States 12 Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 13 section 5505 the following: 14 ‘‘5506. Transportation workforce outreach program.’’. Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:07 May 28, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1681.IS S1681 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS