[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 152 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 152

    To require the Secretary of the Air Force to retain the current 
leadership rank, aircraft, and core functions of the 354th Fighter Wing 
   and the 18th Aggressor Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base and to 
      require reports on proposed activities at such installation.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 24 (legislative day, January 3), 2013

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
    To require the Secretary of the Air Force to retain the current 
leadership rank, aircraft, and core functions of the 354th Fighter Wing 
   and the 18th Aggressor Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base and to 
      require reports on proposed activities at such installation.

    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 ``America Needs Eielson Air Force Base 
Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. RETENTION OF LEADERSHIP RANK, AIRCRAFT, AND CORE FUNCTIONS OF 
              THE 354TH FIGHTER WING AND THE 18TH AGGRESSOR SQUADRON AT 
              EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, ALASKA.

    The Secretary of the Air Force shall retain the current leadership 
rank, aircraft, and core functions of the 354th Fighter Wing and the 
18th Aggressor Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, with the 
same integrated mission elements, responsibilities, and capabilities as 
existed as of November 1, 2011, until the later of--
            (1) the date that is 180 days after the National Commission 
        on the Structure of the Air Force submits to the congressional 
        defense committees the report required under section 363 of the 
        National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public 
        Law 112-239); and
            (2) the date the Secretary of Defense submits to the 
        congressional defense committees the report required under 
        section 3(a).

SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL REPORTS REQUIRED.

    (a) Report on Strategic Importance.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
        with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall submit to the 
        congressional defense committees a report on the strategic 
        importance of Eielson Air Force Base.
            (2) Content.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall 
        include--
                    (A) an analysis of the strategic value of Eielson 
                Air Force Base to operations in the Pacific Area of 
                Responsibility and elsewhere; including the geographic 
                advantage of Eielson Air Force Base in global 
                deployment of airpower, military personnel, and 
                logistical support;
                    (B) the usefulness of Eielson Air Force Base to 
                potential future missions, including military and 
                humanitarian missions in a changing Arctic region;
                    (C) the basing of F-35 aircraft;
                    (D) the potential for relocation of combat coded 
                aircraft from overseas bases;
                    (E) maintenance and expansion of the North Pacific 
                air refueling bridge;
                    (F) remote piloted vehicle basing; and
                    (G) proximity of Eielson Air Force Base to the 
                Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex.
    (b) Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Air Force may not 
        change the aircraft or core functions of the 354th Fighter Wing 
        and the 18th Aggressor Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base, 
        Alaska, or the integrated mission elements, responsibilities, 
        and capabilities that existed at such installation as of 
        November 1, 2011, until the completion of an Environmental 
        Impact Statement and a Record of Decision relating to the 
        proposed changes.
            (2) Consideration of strategic importance report 
        information.--The Environmental Impact Statement shall assess 
        the information submitted in the report required under 
        subsection (a) and the Record of Decision shall reconcile the 
        action decided upon with the findings of the report.

SEC. 4. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DEFINED.

    In this Act, the term ``congressional defense committees'' has the 
meaning given the term in section 101 of title 10, United States Code.

SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed to relieve the Secretary of 
the Air Force of the obligation to comply with any other conditions 
precedent in law or regulation which govern any proposed modification 
to current operations at Eielson Air Force Base after the dates 
referred to in sections 2 and 3.
                                 <all>