S.Amdt. 842

SA 842. Mr. STRANGE 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 in title II, insert the following:

SEC. ___. BRIEFING ON NEED FOR CAPABILITY OF F-35 JOINT
STRIKE FIGHTER TO EMPLOY A STEALTHY, INTERNALLY
CARRIED, STANDOFF AIR-TO-GROUND OR SURFACE
MISSILE.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Commander of the Air Combat Command (ACC) of
the Air Force and the Director of Air Warfare (N98) of the
Navy shall provide the congressional defense committees a
briefing on the need of the Armed Forces for the F-35 joint
strike fighter to employ a stealthy, internally carried,
standoff air-to-ground or surface missile and the best ways
in which such need can be met.
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