S.Amdt. 593

SA 593. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Young) 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. F-35 PROGRAM PRODUCTION.

(a) Procurement.--The Department of the Air Force shall
procure a minimum of 80 F-35A lightning aircraft per year
beginning in fiscal year 2021.
(b) Limitation on Procurement.--Unless and until the
Department requests authorization and appropriation for a
minimum of 80 F-35As per year, the Department of Air Force
may not procure other ``new'' tactical fighter type aircraft
without approval from the congressional defense committees
for any authorization and appropriations bill enacted after
September 30, 2019.
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