[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1477 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1477

  To require a report on the future mix of aircraft platforms for the 
                             Armed Forces.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 2, 2015

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require a report on the future mix of aircraft platforms for the 
                             Armed Forces.

    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 ``Long Range Strike Aircraft Mix Act 
of 2015''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON FUTURE MIX OF AIRCRAFT PLATFORMS FOR THE ARMED 
              FORCES.

    (a) Report on Study Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to Congress a report setting forth the results of a study, to be 
performed by an organization or entity independent of the Department of 
Defense selected by the Secretary for purposes of this section, that 
determines the following:
            (1) An optimized future mix of shorter range fighter-class 
        strike aircraft and long-range strike aircraft platforms for 
        the Armed Forces.
            (2) An appropriate future mix of manned aerial platforms 
        and unmanned aerial platforms for the Armed Forces.
    (b) Considerations in Determining Mix.--The mixes determined 
pursuant to the study shall be determined taking into account relevant 
portions of the defense strategy, critical assumptions, priorities, 
force-sizing construct, and cost.
    (c) Nonduplication of Effort.--If any information required under 
subsection (a) has been included in another report or notification 
previously submitted to Congress by law, the Secretary may provide a 
list of such reports and notifications at the time of submitting the 
report required by subsection (a) in lieu of including such information 
in the report required by subsection (a).
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