Among the new measures: sponsoring more student pilots for commercial-aviation training and extending the fighter-pilot conversionprogram from three weeks to six months.
It is now receiving attention because the Commerce Department finished a lengthy review process regarding the best way to implement the conversionprogram.
Conrad explained that Senate appropriators consider the conversion of a discretionary program to a mandatory one to be a usurpation of their power by the executive branch.
Dr. Davis has offered to provide at no cost to the government the conversion of 100, 000 lines of software code on a mainframe computer to demonstrate his program's abilities.