[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3870 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3870

 To require the Secretary of Defense to recommend a minimum number of 
                            bomber aircraft.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 3, 2020

  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 the Secretary of Defense to recommend a minimum number of 
                            bomber aircraft.

    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 Bomber Expansion Act of 
2020''.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM BOMBER AIRCRAFT FORCE LEVEL.

    Not later than February 1, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees recommendations for a 
minimum number of bomber aircraft, including penetrating bombers in 
addition to B-52H aircraft, to enable the Air Force to carry out its 
long-range strike mission.
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