[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2274 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2274

   To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
 Defense to carry out a pilot program to determine the feasibility and 
 desirability of equipping turbojet aircraft in the Civil Reserve Air 
                  Fleet with a missile defense system.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 10, 2007

 Mr. Israel (for himself and Ms. Bean) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
 Defense to carry out a pilot program to determine the feasibility and 
 desirability of equipping turbojet aircraft in the Civil Reserve Air 
                  Fleet with a missile defense system.

    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 ``Civil Reserve Air Fleet Missile 
Defense Pilot Program Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. CIVIL RESERVE AIR FLEET.

    (a) Inclusion of Missile Defense Systems.--Chapter 931 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section:
``Sec. 9515. Missile defense systems
    ``(a) Pilot Program.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a 
pilot program to determine the feasibility and desirability of 
equipping turbojet aircraft in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet with a 
shoulder-fired missile defense system.
    ``(b) Certification of Missile Defense System.--The Secretary of 
Defense shall certify, based on operational tests and evaluations, 
including prior use on aircraft operated by the armed forces, an 
appropriate missile defense system for inclusion on turbojet aircraft 
under the pilot program.
    ``(c) Minimum Number of Aircraft.--In conducting the pilot program, 
the Secretary of Defense shall provide for the inclusion of a missile 
defense system on not fewer than 20 turbojet aircraft in the Civil 
Reserve Air Fleet.
    ``(d) Contracts.--The Secretary of Defense may enter into contracts 
to carry out the pilot program in the same manner as the Secretary may 
enter into contracts under section 9512.
    ``(e) Reports.--(1) Not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee 
on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and 
Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives a report containing a description of the pilot 
program. The report shall include, at a minimum--
            ``(A) a description of how funds will be allocated under 
        the program;
            ``(B) a schedule for implementation of the program;
            ``(C) a description of testing requirements for missile 
        defense systems under the program;
            ``(D) a statement as to whether aircraft or appliances used 
        in carrying out the program will require certification by the 
        Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration; and
            ``(E) a description of the criteria that will be used in 
        selecting the aircraft that will be equipped with missile 
        defense systems under the program.
    ``(2) Before the last day of the pilot program, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate and Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report on 
the results of the pilot program.
    ``(f) Duration of Pilot Program.--The Secretary shall conduct the 
pilot program during a two-year period beginning not later than 30 days 
after submission of the report under subsection (e)(1).
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $75,000,000 for fiscal year 
2008.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning 
of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``9515. Missile defense systems.''.
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