S.Amdt. 5630

SA 5630. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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. 144. PROHIBITION RELATING TO FLYING MISSION OF THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD; USE OF FUNDS FOR RUNWAYS OF THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD.

(a) Prohibition.--

(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Air Force may not reduce below 200 the inventory of A-10 aircraft or the inventory of F-22 aircraft.

(2) Expiration of prohibition.--The prohibition under paragraph (1) shall cease to have effect on the date on which the Secretary of the Air Force submits to Congress a plan to maintain the flying mission of the Air National Guard.

(b) Air National Guard Runways.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall use amounts available to the Secretary for sustainment, restoration and modernization (SRM) to enhance and improve runways of the Air National Guard in existence as of the date of the enactment of this Act.