S.Amdt. 2593

SA 2593. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Ms. Cortez Masto) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 5515, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 D of title III, add the following:

SEC. 340. AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR CONTRACTED
ADVERSARY AIR AND CONTRACTED CLOSE AIR SUPPORT.

In accordance with section 2401 of title 10, United States
Code, the Secretaries of the military departments are
authorized to enter into long-term contracts for contracted
Adversary Air and Contracted Close Air Support to provide for
the training of military personnel. The notification and
certification requirements of subsection (b) of such section
do not apply to contracted Adversary Air and Contracted Close
Air Support training services authorized under this section.
This section shall be effective beginning with fiscal year
2019.
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