S.Amdt. 847

SA 847. Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Portman) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr.
Inhofe 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 COSTS AND BENEFITS OF MAINTAINING A
MINIMUM OF 12 PRIMARY AIRCRAFT AUTHORIZED FOR
EACH TYPE OF SPECIALTY MISSION AIRCRAFT.

(a) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate
that it is important to maintain safety and increase mission
readiness and interoperability of the weather reconnaissance,
aerial spray, and firefighting system specialty mission
capabilities of the Air Force Reserve Command.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on
the costs and benefits of maintaining a minimum of 12 primary
aircraft authorized for each type of specialty mission
aircraft.
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