S.Amdt. 813

SA 813. Mr. BOOZMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to

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amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. Inhofe and intended to be proposed 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 III, add the following:

SEC. 342. REPORT ON UTILIZATION OF 24TH TACTICAL AIR SUPPORT
SQUADRON.

(a) In General.--Not later than December 1, 2019, the
Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives
a report on the utilization of the 24th Tactical Air Support
Squadron and the sortie allocation to training in close air
support.
(b) Sense of Congress.--Due to limited fighter and bomber
aircraft availability, it is the sense of Congress that the
Secretary of the Air Force should utilize additional contract
close air support in fiscal year 2020 to meet the growing
training requirements for Joint Terminal Attack Controllers
in the Air Force, including the reserve components.
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