S.Amdt. 503

SA 503. Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Thune, and Mr. Rounds)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S.
1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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. 147. BRIEFING ON PLANS TO INCREASE READINESS OF B-1
BOMBER AIRCRAFT.

(a) In General.--Not later than January 31, 2020, the
Secretary of the Air Force shall provide the congressional
defense committees a briefing on the Air Force's plans to
increase the readiness of the B-1 bomber aircraft.
(b) Elements.--The briefing required under subsection (a)
shall include the following elements:
(1) A description of aircraft structural issues.
(2) A plan for continued structural deficiency data
analysis and training.
(3) Projected repair timelines.
(4) Future mitigation strategies.
(5) An aircrew maintainer training plan, including a plan
to ensure that the training pipeline remains steady, for any
degradation period.
(6) A recovery timeline to meet future deployment tasking.
(7) A plan for continued upgrades and improvements.
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