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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 442 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of the Air |
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| 6 | 6 | | Force to operate a Technical Training Center of Excellence, and for |
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| 7 | 7 | | other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY6 (legislative day, FEBRUARY5), 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. C |
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| 11 | 11 | | RUZintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to |
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| 12 | 12 | | the Committee on Armed Services |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Sec- |
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| 15 | 15 | | retary of the Air Force to operate a Technical Training |
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| 16 | 16 | | Center of Excellence, and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advancing Innovation 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | and Maintenance through Headquarters for Instruction, 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Growth, and High-tech training Act’’ or the ‘‘AIM HIGH 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Act’’. 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER OF EX-1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | CELLENCE. 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Chapter 903 of title 10, United States Code, is 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | amended by adding at the end the following new section: 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘§ 9026. Air Force Technical Training Center of Ex-5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | cellence 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘(a) E |
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| 34 | 34 | | STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the Air 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Force shall operate a Technical Training Center of Excel-8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | lence. The head of the Center shall be the designee of the 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Commander of the Airmen Development Command. 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(b) P |
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| 39 | 39 | | URPOSES.—The purposes of the Center shall 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | be to— 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(1) facilitate collaboration among all Air Force 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | technical training installations; 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(2) serve as a premier training location for all 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | maintainers throughout the military departments; 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(3) publish a set of responsibilities aimed at 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | driving excellence, innovation, and leadership across 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | all technical training specialties; 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘(4) advocate for innovative improvements in 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | curriculum, facilities, and medial; 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ‘‘(5) foster outreach with industry and aca-22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | demia; 23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘(6) identify and promulgate best practices, 24 |
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| 53 | 53 | | standards, and benchmarks; 25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘(7) create a hub of excellence for the latest ad-1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | vancements in aviation technology and training 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | methodologies; and 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘(8) carry out such other responsibilities as the 4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | Secretary determines appropriate. 5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ‘‘(c) L |
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| 63 | 63 | | OCATION.—The Secretary shall select a loca-6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | tion for the Center that is an Air Force installation that 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | provides technical training and maintenance proficiency.’’. 8 |
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