S.Amdt. 1199

1. Adds Subtitle E--Army Programs SEC. 171. LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OF C-23 AIRCRAFT at the end of title I

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   (b) Use of Remaining Funds.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall take appropriate actions to ensure that any funds described by subsection (a)(2)(B) are obligated and expended for the purpose for which originally authorized and appropriated, including, but not limited to, the installation of two engine shipsets on two operational Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft and the purchase of two spare engines.

   Inserted: Subtitle E--Army Programs SEC. 171. LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OF C-23 AIRCRAFT.

   Inserted: (a) Maintenance.--The Secretary of the Army shall maintain not less than 42 C-23 aircraft, of which not less than--

   Inserted: (1) 11 shall be available for the active component of the Army;

   Inserted: (2) 4 shall be available for training operations; and

   Inserted: (3) 22 shall be available for domestic operations in the continental United States.

   Inserted: (b) Limitation on Retirement.--The Secretary of the Army may not retire (or prepare to retire) any C-23 aircraft, or keep any such aircraft in a status considered excess to the requirements of the possessing command and awaiting disposition instructions, until the date that is one year after the date on which each report under subsections (c)(2), (d)(2), and (e)(2) has been received by the congressional defense committees.

   Inserted: (c) Airlift Study and Report.--

   Inserted: (1) Study.--The Director of the National Guard Bureau, in consultation with the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, the Commander of the United States Northern Command, the Commander of the United States Pacific Command, and the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall conduct a study to determine the number of fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft required to support the following missions at low, medium, moderate, high, and very-high levels of operational risk:

   Inserted: (A) Homeland defense.

   Inserted: (B) Contingency response.

   Inserted: (C) Natural disaster-related response.

   Inserted: (D) Humanitarian response.

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   Inserted: (2) Report.--The Director shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the study under paragraph (1).

   Inserted: (d) Fleet Viability Assessment.--

   Inserted: (1) Assessment.--The Secretary of the Army, in coordination with the Director of the Fleet Viability Board of the Air Force, shall conduct a fleet viability assessment with respect to C-23 aircraft.

   Inserted: (2) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the assessment under paragraph (1).

   Inserted: (e) GAO Sufficiency Review.--

   Inserted: (1) Review.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a sufficiency review of the study under subsection (c)(1).

   Inserted: (2) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Director of the National Guard Bureau submits the report under subsection (c)(2), the Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the review under paragraph (1).

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   At the end of title I, add the following:

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