S.Amdt. 1514

SA 1514. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

SEC. ___. REPORT ON FUTURE MIX OF AIRCRAFT PLATFORMS FOR THE
ARMED FORCES.

(a) Report on Study Required.--The Secretary of Defense
shall submit to Congress a report setting forth the results
of a study, to be performed by an organization or entity
independent of the Department of Defense selected by the
Secretary for purposes of this section, that determines the
following:
(1) An optimized future mix of shorter range fighter-class
strike aircraft and long-range strike aircraft platforms for
the Armed Forces.
(2) An appropriate future mix of manned aerial platforms
and unmanned aerial platforms for the Armed Forces.
(b) Considerations in Determining Mix.--The mixes
determined pursuant to the study shall be determined taking
into account relevant portions of the defense strategy,
critical assumptions, priorities, force-sizing construct, and
cost.
(c) Nonduplication of Effort.--If any information required
under subsection (a) has been included in another report or
notification previously submitted to Congress by law, the
Secretary may provide a list of such reports and
notifications at the time of submitting the report required
by subsection (a) in lieu of including such information in
the report required by subsection (a).
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