S.Amdt. 4305

SA 4305. Mr. BLUMENTHAL 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 II, insert the
following:

SEC. ___. ACQUISITION STRATEGY TO MODERNIZE THE JOINT STRIKE
FIGHTER PROPULSION SYSTEM.

(a) In General.--Not later than 14 days after the date on
which the budget of the President for fiscal year 2023 is
submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31,
United States Code, the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report on the modernization of the F135
propulsion system or the integration of the Adaptive Engine
Transition Program propulsion system into the Joint Strike
Fighter (JSF).
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) A cost benefit analysis of--
(A) integrating the Adaptive Engine Transition Program
propulsion system into each of the JSF aircraft variants;
(B) modernizing or upgrading the existing F135 propulsion
system on each of the JSF variants;
(C) future associated infrastructure and sustainment costs
of the modernized engine;
(D) cost savings associated with variant and Partner
commonality; and
(E) assess all activities and costs to retrofit and sustain
all JSF with a modernized propulsion system.
(2) An implementation plan to implement such strategy.
(3) A schedule annotating pertinent milestones and yearly
fiscal resource requirements for the implementation of a
modernized JSF propulsion system.
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