S.Amdt. 665

SA 665. Mr. RUBIO 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 C of title III, add the following:

SEC. 333. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON BED DOWN OF CERTAIN AIRCRAFT
AT TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE.

It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Air
Force should--
(1) bed down three F-35 squadrons and an MQ-9 Wing at
Tyndall Air Force Base; and
(2) use innovative construction methods, materials,
designs, and technologies in carrying out such bed down in
order to achieve efficiencies, cost savings, resiliency, and
capability, which may include--
(A) innovative and resistant basing that is highly
resilient to weather and natural disaster;
(B) open architecture design to evolve with the national
defense strategy; and
(C) efficient ergonomic enterprise for members of the Air
Force in the 21st century.
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