S.Amdt. 599

SA 599. Mr. MORAN 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 III, add the following:

SEC. 338. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OF THE TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
OF THE ADVANCED TURBINE ENGINE ARMY MAINTENANCE
OF THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD.

No action may be taken to reduce the capability of, or to
eliminate or transfer the tools and equipment of, the
Advanced Turbine Engine Army Maintenance (ATEAM) of the Army
National Guard until the Secretary of Defense certifies each
of the following:
(1) That Advanced Turbine Engine Army Maintenance
capabilities do not result in any cost avoidance or savings
to the Department of Defense.
(2) That there is no existing or anticipated requirement
for Advanced Turbine Engine Army Maintenance technical
expertise and capabilities among any Armed Force or the
militaries of United States allies (through the Foreign
Military Sales program).
(3) That there is no existing or anticipated requirement to
support and maintain readiness of any unit of the Armed
Forces, including Army National Guard units in the Idaho,
Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, North
Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and
Tennessee, that may require the capabilities of the Advanced
Turbine Engine Army Maintenance for on-site repair or field
support during training events or otherwise.
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