[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1554 Introduced in House (IH)]







                                    


107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1554

 To provide for a one-year procurement moratorium for the Marine Corps 
 V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft program in order to provide a needed 
    time out and to allow for a safety and performance reliability 
                      evaluation of that aircraft.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 24, 2001

  Mr. Filner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for a one-year procurement moratorium for the Marine Corps 
 V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft program in order to provide a needed 
    time out and to allow for a safety and performance reliability 
                      evaluation of that 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 ``Time Out for One Year: Osprey Safety 
Evaluation Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. RESCISSIONS.

    (a) In General.--Of the funds made available in the Department of 
Defense Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-259), the following 
amounts are rescinded from the following accounts:
            (1) ``Aircraft Procurement, Navy'', $852,000,000, of which 
        $776,760,000 shall be derived from ``V-22 (Medium Lift)'' and 
        $75,240,000 shall be derived from ``V-22 (Medium Lift) (AP-
        CY)''.
            (2) ``Aircraft Procurement, Air Force'', $346,000,000, of 
        which $323,000,000 shall be derived from ``V-22 Osprey'' and 
        $23,000,000 shall be derived from ``V-22 Osprey (AP-CY)''.
    (b) Limitation on Use of Remaining Funds.--Following the rescission 
made by subsection (a)(1), the balance of the funds remaining available 
for obligation in the account involved for ``V-22 (Medium Lift)'' may 
be used only to carry out activities necessary to maintain the 
production base for such aircraft program.

SEC. 3. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

    (a) Secretary of the Navy Report.--The Secretary of the Navy shall 
submit to Congress a report on the V-22 Osprey aircraft program. The 
report shall include the following:
            (1) A description of the activities carried out, and 
        programmed to be carried out, using funds appropriated for that 
        program for research, development, test, and evaluation for 
        fiscal year 2001.
            (2) A description of the actions taken by the Secretary as 
        a result of the report on that program issued by the Director 
        of Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department of Defense 
        dated November 17, 2000.
            (3) A description of the manner in which the Marine Corps 
        and the Department of the Navy have responded to the reports of 
        data falsification concerning the Osprey aircraft by Marine 
        Corps personnel assigned to Marine Medium Tilt-Rotor Training 
        Squadron 204.
    (b) Inspector General Report.--The Inspector General of the 
Department of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the results, 
as of the submission of the report, of the investigation of the 
Inspector General into the V-22 Osprey aircraft program.
    (c) Time for Submission of Reports.--The reports under subsections 
(a) and (b) shall each be submitted not later than the earlier of the 
following:
            (1) The date that is three months after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
            (2) The date of the Milestone III decision for the V-22 
        Osprey aircraft program approving the entry of that program 
        into full-rate production.
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