S.Amdt. 485

SA 485. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2018 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 I, add the following:

SEC. 133. MODERNIZATION OF THE RADAR FOR F-16 FIGHTER
AIRCRAFT OF THE NATIONAL GUARD.

(a) Modernization Required.--The Secretary of the Air Force
shall take appropriate actions to modernize the radars of F-
16 fighter aircraft of the National Guard by replacing legacy
mechanically-scanned radars for such aircraft with AESA
radars.
(b) Report.--Not later 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a plan to modernize the
radars of F-16 fighter aircraft of the National Guard as
required by subsection (a).
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