S.Amdt. 1826

SA 1826. Mr. COTTON 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, 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 G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1085. BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS ON DECISION TO MAINTAIN C-
130J AIRCRAFT AT KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE,
MISSISSIPPI.

Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall conduct a
business case analysis of the decision to maintain 10 C-130J
aircraft at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Such
analysis shall include consideration of--
(1) any efficiencies or cost savings that would be achieved
by transferring such aircraft to Little Rock Air Force Base,
Arkansas;
(2) any effects of such decision on the operation of the
Air Mobility Command; and
(3) the short-term and long-term costs of maintaining such
aircraft at Keesler Air Force Base.
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