1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Aviation Workforce, Opportunity, Recruiting, Knowledge, and Supply Act or the Aviation WORKS Act . 2. Extension and expansion of aviation workforce development programs Section 625 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking and at the end; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: (3) a program to provide grants for eligible projects to develop and support the education of the aviation manufacturing and supplier workforce; and (4) a program to provide grants for eligible projects to plan, establish, and expand workforce development partnership programs in the aviation and aerospace industry sector. ; (2) in subsection (b) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: (1) In general Out of amounts made available under section 48105 of title 49, United States Code, for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028— (A) not more than $20,000,000 is authorized to be expended to provide grants under the program established under subsection (a)(1); (B) $20,000,000 is authorized to provide grants under the program established under subsection (a)(2); (C) $20,000,000 to provide grants under the program established under subsection (a)(3); and (D) $20,000,000 to provide grants under the program established under subsection (a)(4). ; (3) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: (3) An application for a grant under the program established under subsection (a)(3) shall be submitted, in such form as the Secretary may specify, by— (A) an entity that— (i) actively designs or manufactures any aircraft, aircraft engine, propeller, or appliance, or a component, part, or system thereof, covered under section 44704 of title 49, United States Code