[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6690 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6690

 To limit the Secretary of the Air Force from retiring or transferring 
    certain aircraft of the Air National Guard or Air Force Reserve.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 20, 2012

 Mr. Latham (for himself, Mr. Boswell, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Loebsack, 
 Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, Mr. Womack, Mr. Tiberi, 
 and Mr. Stivers) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To limit the Secretary of the Air Force from retiring or transferring 
    certain aircraft of the Air National Guard or Air Force Reserve.

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

SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON THE RETIREMENT OR TRANSFER OF AIR NATIONAL 
              GUARD OR AIR FORCE RESERVE AIRCRAFT.

    (a) Limitation.--Except as provided by subsection (b), the 
Secretary of the Air Force may not divest, retire, or transfer, or 
prepare to divest, retire, or transfer, any aircraft of the Air Force 
assigned to a unit of the Air National Guard or Air Force Reserve as of 
December 31, 2012, until Congress receives--
            (1) each of the reports required by section 1080A of the 
        National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public 
        Law 112-81; 125 Stat. 1598); and
            (2) the report of the National Commission on the Structure 
        of the Air Force required by section 363(b) of the National 
        Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013.
    (b) Exception.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary may 
divest or retire, or prepare to divest or retire, C-5A aircraft if the 
Secretary replaces such aircraft through a transfer of C-5B, C-5M, or 
C-17 mobility aircraft so as to maintain all Air National Guard and Air 
Force Reserve units impacted by such divestment or retirement at 
current or higher assigned manpower levels to operate the aircraft so 
transferred.
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