S.Amdt. 4258

SA 4258. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
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 appropriate place in title I, insert the following:

SEC. 1__. REQUIREMENT FOR OPERATIONAL USE OF F135 ENGINES.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Defense may not
change inspection criteria limits for the F135 engine to
allow cracks in fan blades until submittal of the report
under subsection (b).
(b) Analysis and Report.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall enter into
a contract with a federally funded research and development
center to provide an independent analysis of and report on
the following:
(A) The risk associated with expanding limits on cracked
blades or other vulnerabilities to F135 engine operations.
(B) Mitigation of risk associated with expanding such
limits.
(C) Alternative courses of action to increase on wing time
for the engine.
(D) Other topics as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(2) Submittal to congress.--Not later than June 1, 2022,
the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense
committees the report described in paragraph (1).
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