S.Amdt. 4555

SA 4555. Mr. COTTON 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 end of subtitle D of title I, add the following:

SEC. 150. MINIMUM FIGHTER FORCE STRUCTURE WITHIN THE EUROPEAN
THEATER.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall
maintain a minimum of seven fighter squadrons assigned to and
based in the area of responsibility of the United States
European Command.
(b) Sunset.--This section shall cease to be effective on
November 1, 2028.
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