S.Amdt. 6120

SA 6120. Ms. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2027 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 XXVIII add the
following:

SEC. 2873. REPORT ON UNDERUTILIZED AIR NATIONAL GUARD
AIRFIELD INFRASTRUCTURE.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, in
consultation with the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and
the Commander of United States Strategic Command, shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report
evaluating the feasibility, infrastructure readiness, and
cost-benefits of co-locating permanent, manned flying
missions at installations of the Air National Guard that
possess, as of the date of the report, active runways but
lack manned active aircraft.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) An inventory of installations of the Air National Guard
described in subsection (a) that possess active runway
infrastructure of 9,000 feet or greater, secure military
enclaves, and proximity to regional training corridors or
geographic commands.
(2) An assessment of the capacity of such joint use
commercial airfield infrastructure, including taxiways and
secure ramp space, to host permanent or distributed strategic
assets.
(3) An evaluation of the workforce readiness and technical
expertise, including cyber, intelligence, and remotely
piloted aircraft operations, to support advanced manned
flying missions.
(4) An assessment of alternative or distributed basing
options required to support strategic long-range strike
systems in the event that total procurement exceeds the
initial approved acquisition quantity for long-range strike
systems.
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