§ 5507. Transportation workforce outreach program

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 2021

   Surface Transportation Investment Act of 2021

   Pub. L. 117–58 div. B title V § 25020(c)(1) · 135 Stat. 429

   Enacted · 49 U.S.C. § 5507

   (Added Pub. L. 117–58, div. B, title V, § 25020(c)(1), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 877.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Added Pub. L. 117–58, div. B, title V, § 25020(c)(1), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 877.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) In general.— Subchapter I of chapter 55 of title 49, United States Code (as amended by section 25013(a)), is amended by adding at the end the following: “§ 5507. Transportation workforce outreach program “(a) In General.— The Secretary of Transportation (referred to in this section as the ‘Secretary’) shall establish and administer a transportation workforce outreach program, under which the Secretary shall carry out a series of public service announcement campaigns during each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. “(b) Purposes.— The purpose of the campaigns carried out under the program under this section shall be— “(1) to increase awareness of career opportunities in the transportation sector, including aviation pilots, safety inspectors, mechanics and technicians, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, truck and bus drivers, engineers, transit workers, railroad workers, and other transportation professionals; and “(2) to target awareness of professional opportunities in the transportation sector to diverse segments of the population, including with respect to race, sex, ethnicity, ability (including physical and mental ability), veteran status, and socioeconomic status. “(c) Advertising.— The Secretary may use, or authorize the use of, amounts made available to carry out the program under this section for the development, production, and use of broadcast, digital, and print media advertising and outreach in carrying out a campaign under this section. “(d) Funding.— The Secretary may use to carry out this section any amounts otherwise made available to the Secretary, not to exceed $5,000,000, for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.” .

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