3.0.0 1265 2023-01-11T13:31:10Z 2023-01-11T13:31:10Z Senate S 2015-05-11 114 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-05-11T19:57:46Z 2015-05-11 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2015-05-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD N H001061 Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] John Hoeven R ND 2015-05-11 True H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND 2015-05-11 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2015-05-11 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2015-05-11 True C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2015-05-11 True V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2015-05-14 False Armed Forces and National Security Military operations and strategy Military procurement, research, weapons development Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-05-11 Introduced in Senate 2015-07-15T17:08:02Z Long Range Bomber Sustainment Act of 2015

This bill prohibits a B-1, B-2, or B-52 bomber aircraft from being retired during a fiscal year unless the Secretary of Defense certifies that:

  • the retirement of the aircraft will not detrimentally affect the U.S. Armed Forces' capacity to carry out the full range of long range bomber aircraft missions anticipated in operational plans of the Armed Forces in effect as of the date of the submission of that certification;
  • the Secretary has completed assessments of planning scenarios that span the range of plausible future challenges for such aircraft, and the severity, likelihood, and imminence of risk associated with each such planning scenario;
  • the Secretary has concluded, based on such assessments, that retirements of B-1, B-2, and B-52 bomber aircraft in the near term will not detrimentally affect operational capability; and
  • the Secretary has developed a plan to replace any operational capability lost as a result of the retirement of such bomber aircraft.
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