1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Air Traffic Control Safe Operation and Readiness Act or the ATC SOAR Act . 2. Hiring of air traffic control specialists Section 44506(f)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: (iv) Consideration of candidates The Administrator shall consider for the interview stage of the hiring process candidates in each applicant pool described in this subparagraph who— (I) score at or above a passing score as determined by the Administrator on the Air Traffic Skills Assessment (AT–SA); and (II) meet minimum qualifications established by the Administrator. . 3. Ensuring hiring of air traffic control specialists is based on assessment of job-relevant aptitudes (a) Update of the air traffic skills assessment Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall revise the Air Traffic Skills Assessment (in this section referred to as the AT–SA ) administered to air traffic controller applicants described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of section 44506(f)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, in accordance with the following requirements: (1) The Administrator shall ensure that all questions on the AT–SA are supported by a peer-reviewed job analysis that ensures all questions test job-relevant aptitudes. (2) The Administrator shall ensure that the AT–SA does not incorporate any biographical questionnaire or assessment or other questions of a biographical nature (other than basic identifiers such as first and last name) for applicants for the position of air traffic controller from the applicant pools described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of section 44506(f)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code. (b) Conforming amendments eliminating use of biographical assessments for all applicants Section 44506(f) of title 49, United States Code, as amended by section 2, is further amended— (1) in paragraph (1)(C)— (A) by striking clause (ii)