To require a report on the re-engining of E-8C Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) aircraft.
What it does: Adds SEC. 125. REPORT ON E-8C JOINT SURVEILLANCE AND TARGET ATTACK RADAR SYSTEM RE-ENGINING at the end of subtitle C of title I
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)What it changes
1 change to S. 1390 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 125. REPORT ON E-8C JOINT SURVEILLANCE AND TARGET ATTACK RADAR SYSTEM RE-ENGINING at the end of subtitle C of title I
Adds a sectionIn S. 1390 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(b) Policy on Continued Development of Next Generation Bomber Aircraft in Fiscal Year 2010.--It is the policy of the United States to support a development program for next generation bomber aircraft technologies.
Inserted: SEC. 125. REPORT ON E-8C JOINT SURVEILLANCE AND TARGET ATTACK RADAR SYSTEM RE-ENGINING.
Inserted: (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on replacing the engines of E-8C Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) aircraft. The report shall include the following:
Inserted: (1) An assessment of funding alternatives and options for accelerating funding for the fielding of Joint STARS aircraft with replaced engines.
Inserted: (2) An analysis of the tradeoffs involved in the decision to replace the engines of Joint STARS aircraft or not to replace those engines, including the potential cost savings from replacing those engines and the operational impacts of not replacing those engines.
Inserted: (3) An identification of the optimum path forward for replacing the engines of Joint STARS aircraft and modernizing the Joint STARS fleet.
Inserted: (b) Limitation on Certain Actions.--The Secretary of the Air Force may not take any action that would adversely impact the pace of the execution of the program to replace the engines of Joint STARS aircraft before submitting the report required by subsection (a).
Original wording
At the end of subtitle C of title I, add the following:
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SA 1765. Mr. CHAMBLISS (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. Dodd) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1390, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle C of title I, add the following:
SEC. 125. REPORT ON E-8C JOINT SURVEILLANCE AND TARGET ATTACK RADAR SYSTEM RE-ENGINING.
(a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on replacing the engines of E-8C Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) aircraft. The report shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of funding alternatives and options for accelerating funding for the fielding of Joint STARS aircraft with replaced engines.
(2) An analysis of the tradeoffs involved in the decision to replace the engines of Joint STARS aircraft or not to replace those engines, including the potential cost savings from replacing those engines and the operational impacts of not replacing those engines.
(3) An identification of the optimum path forward for replacing the engines of Joint STARS aircraft and modernizing the Joint STARS fleet.
(b) Limitation on Certain Actions.--The Secretary of the Air Force may not take any action that would adversely impact the pace of the execution of the program to replace the engines of Joint STARS aircraft before submitting the report required by subsection (a).
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 1765 proposed by Senator McCain for Senator Chambliss.(consideration: CR S8005-8017; text: CR S8016)
July 23, 2009
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 1765 proposed by Senator McCain for Senator Chambliss.(consideration: CR S8005-8017; text: CR S8016)
July 23, 2009
Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 1765 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
July 23, 2009
Amendment SA 1765 proposed by Senator McCain for Senator Chambliss. (consideration: CR S8005-8017; text: CR S8016) To require a report on the re-engining of E-8C Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) aircraft.
July 23, 2009
Amendment SA 1765 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
July 23, 2009
Senate amendment submitted
July 22, 2009