[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 152 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 152

  To reduce Federal spending and rapidly enhance strategic airlift by 
  terminating the C-17 aircraft program after fiscal year 1996 and by 
    providing for a program to meet the remaining strategic airlift 
    requirements of the Department of Defense with nondevelopmental 
                               aircraft.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 5, 1995

 Mr. Bumpers (for himself, Mr. Bradley, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
 Kohl, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Simon, Mr. Pryor, and Mr. Wellstone) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                           on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To reduce Federal spending and rapidly enhance strategic airlift by 
  terminating the C-17 aircraft program after fiscal year 1996 and by 
    providing for a program to meet the remaining strategic airlift 
    requirements of the Department of Defense with nondevelopmental 
                               aircraft.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Airlift Enhancement Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF C-17 STRATEGIC AIRLIFT PROGRAM.

    (a) Program Termination.--The Secretary of Defense shall terminate 
the C-17 aircraft acquisition program with those aircraft for which 
funds are appropriated for fiscal year 1996. No funds appropriated to 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1996 may be obligated for 
procurement of long-lead items for C-17 aircraft, and no funds 
appropriated to the Department of Defense for a fiscal year after 1996 
may be obligated for procurement of C-17 aircraft or for procurement of 
long-lead items for such aircraft.
    (b) Alternative Strategic Airlift Program.--
            (1) The Secretary shall develop a program to meet the 
        remaining strategic airlift requirements of the Air Force 
        through acquisition of nondevelopment airlift aircraft;
            (2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the remaining strategic 
        airlift requirements of the Air Force are those requirements 
        that before the date of the enactment of this Act were 
        programmed to be met through the acquisition of C-17 aircraft 
        using funds appropriated for a fiscal year after fiscal year 
        1995; and
            (3) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on 
        the program developed under paragraph (1). The report shall 
        describe the proposed scope, pace, and cost of acquisition of 
        nondevelopmental aircraft under that program.
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