Title 49, TransportationRelease 119-110

§5507 Transportation Workforce Outreach Program

Title 49 › SUBTITLE III — GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 55 — INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL › § 5507

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Transportation must create and run a program that airs public service ad campaigns each year in fiscal years 2022 through 2026. The campaigns must promote careers in transportation — like pilots, safety inspectors, mechanics, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, drivers, engineers, and other transportation workers — and aim them at diverse groups by race, sex, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, and income. The Secretary may pay for broadcast, digital, and print ads. Up to $5,000,000 may be used each year for fiscal years 2022 through 2026 from funds available to the Department.

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Title 49, §5507

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(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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Citation

49 U.S.C. § 5507

Title 49, Transportation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110