S.Amdt. 560

SA 560. Mr. GARDNER (for himself and Mr. Bennet) 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. REPORT ON PLANS RELATED TO DIVESTMENT OR TRANSFER OF
C-21 AIRCRAFT.

(a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report
that includes the elements described in subsection (b).
(b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall
include the following elements, reported by total cost and
cost by fiscal year, with a detailed description and a
justification:
(1) Whether the Air Force plans to modernize and
recapitalize the operational support airlift fleet, including
the C-21 fleet.
(2) Whether the Air Force has a C-21 consolidation plan,
and if so, what cost savings the Air Force hopes to achieve,
if any.
(3) Whether the Air Force has a C-21 divestment plan, and
if so, what cost savings the Air Force hopes to achieve, if
any.
(4) How the Air Force plans to continue to meet operational
support airlift requirements, including support of United
States Central Command and United States Transportation
Command Joint Operational Airlift Center requirements.
(5) How the Air Force plans to fully utilize the reserve
components to meet operational support and executive airlift
requirements, especially given the pilot shortage.
(6) How the Air Force incorporates pilot training costs
into its budget analysis for the transfer or divestment of
reserve component aircraft and pilots.
(7) Whether any analysis has been conducted to identify
geographical areas that have an underutilized reserve
component pilot population.
(8) How the Air Force plans to maintain quality of life and
predictability for reserve component pilots, including if
consideration

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has been given to the location of commercial airline
domiciles in relation to reserve component basing decisions.
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