1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Aviation Workforce Development and Recruitment Act . 2. Increasing funding for aviation workforce development grant programs (a) In general 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 ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) a program to provide grants for eligible projects to support the education and recruitment of aviation manufacturing technical workers and the development of the aviation manufacturing workforce. ; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking 2023 each place it appears and inserting 2029 ; (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: (2) Additional funding In addition to amounts available for grants pursuant to paragraph (1), there is authorized to be appropriated— (A) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2029 to provide grants under the program established under subsection (a)(1); (B) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2029 to provide grants under the program established under subsection (a)(2); and (C) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2029 to provide grants under the program established under subsection (a)(3). ; and (D) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by subparagraph (B), by inserting (or, in the case of fiscal years 2024 through 2029, $1,000,000) after $500,000 ; (3) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting , a postsecondary vocational institution (as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1002 ), after ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 )) ; (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting , a postsecondary vocational institution (as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1002 ), after ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 ))