[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3554 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3554

To require an independent study and report on simulated tactical flight 
              training in a sustained gravity environment.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 19, 2012

  Mr. Toomey introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To require an independent study and report on simulated tactical flight 
              training in a sustained gravity environment.

    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 ``Simulated Tactical Flight Training 
Study Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON SIMULATED TACTICAL FLIGHT TRAINING IN A SUSTAINED 
              GRAVITY ENVIRONMENT.

    (a) Independent Study Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
provide for the conduct by an appropriate federally funded research and 
development center (FFRDC) of a study on the effectiveness of simulated 
tactical flight training in a sustained gravity environment.
    (b) Elements.--The study conducted pursuant to subsection (a) shall 
include the following:
            (1) An assessment of the effectiveness of simulated 
        tactical flight training in a sustained gravity environment 
        generally, and, in particular, the effectiveness of such 
        training in preparing pilots to withstand and tolerate the 
        high-gravity forces associated with the operation of high-
        performance combat aircraft (commonly referred to as ``G 
        readiness'' and ``G tolerance'').
            (2) An assessment of the cost savings to be achieved 
        through the use of simulated tactical flight training in a 
        sustained gravity environment, including cost savings 
        associated with operation and maintenance and life cycle 
        savings associated with aircraft and airframe usage.
            (3) An assessment of the safety benefits to be achieved 
        through the use of simulated tactical flight training in a 
        sustained gravity environment.
            (4) An identification and assessment of other benefits to 
        be achieved through the use of simulated tactical flight 
        training in a sustained gravity environment, including benefits 
        relating to physiological research and benefits relating to 
        reductions in carbon emissions.
            (5) Such other matters relating to the use of simulated 
        tactical flight training in a sustained gravity environment as 
        the Secretary shall specify for purposes of the study.
    (c) Report.--In providing for study pursuant to subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall require the federally funded research and development 
center conducting the study to submit to the Secretary a report on the 
results of the study, including the matters specified in subsection 
(b), by not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
    (d) Transmittal to Congress.--Not later than 90 days after the 
submittal to the Secretary of the report required by subsection (c), 
the Secretary shall transmit the report to the congressional defense 
committees, together with any comments of the Secretary in light of the 
report and such recommendations for legislative or administrative 
action as the Secretary considers appropriate regarding the use of 
simulated tactical flight training in a sustained gravity environment 
in light of the report.
    (e) Congressional Defense Committees Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given that 
term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.
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