S. 3953: FLIGHT Act
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S. 3953: FLIGHT Act
116th Congress · introduced 2020-06-11 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2020-06-11 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
FLIGHT Act
Plain summary
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.
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Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] · 3 cosponsors
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Thom Tillis (R-NC), Tim Scott (R-SC)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] reported raising $5.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s3953.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>
Record fed-us-cong116-s3953 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116