S.Amdt. 359

SA 359. Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Ms. Duckworth) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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. __. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR RETIREMENT OF C-40
AIRCRAFT.

(a) Prohibition.--None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2024 for the Air
Force may be obligated to retire, prepare to retire, or place
in storage or on backup aircraft inventory status any C-40
aircraft.
(b) Exception.--
(1) In general.--The limitation under subsection (a) shall
not apply to an individual C-40 aircraft that the Secretary
of the Air Force determines, on a case-by-case basis, to be
no longer mission capable because of a Class A mishap.
(2) Certification required.--If the Secretary determines
under paragraph (1) that an aircraft is no longer mission
capable, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a certification that the status of such
aircraft is due to a Class A mishap and not due to lack of
maintenance or repairs or other reasons.
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