To extend the prohibition on certain reductions to B-1 bomber aircraft squadrons.

SA 3274. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 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 subtitle D of title I, insert
the following:

SEC. __. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN REDUCTIONS TO B-
1 BOMBER AIRCRAFT SQUADRONS.

Subsection (d)(1) of section 133 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81;
135 Stat. 1574), as most recently amended by section 146 of
the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law
118-159; 138 Stat. 1810), is further amended by striking
``September 30, 2026'' and inserting ``September 30, 2030''.
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