S.Amdt. 856

SA 856. Mr. BOOZMAN 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 E of title III, add the following:

SEC. 360. CONTRACT CLOSE AIR SUPPORT TO MEET UNFILLED
TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR JOINT TERMINAL ATTACK
CONTROLLERS.

(a) In General.--Due to the limited fighter and bomber
aircraft available for training of Joint Terminal Attack
Controllers, the Secretary of the Air Force should utilize
additional contract close air support to meet the growing
training requirements for Joint Terminal Attack Controllers
in the Air Force, including the reserve components, whenever
organic aircraft cannot meet those training requirements
(b) Report.--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.
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