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S. 3953

FLIGHT Act

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.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE](D-DE)Sponsor
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    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

    Armed Services Committee
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    Introduced in Senate

FLIGHT Act — Informed