[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3687]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1484. Mr. HOEVEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to 
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       In title XVI, after subtitle A, insert the following:

  Subtitle B--Defense Intelligence and Intelligence-related Activities

     SEC. 1621. REPORT ON AIR NATIONAL GUARD CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 
                   RQ-4 GLOBAL HAWK MISSION.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air 
     Force, in coordination with the Chief of Staff of the Air 
     Force and the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, shall 
     submit to Congress a report on the feasibility of using the 
     Air National Guard in association with the active duty Air 
     Force to operate and maintain the RQ-4 Global Hawk.
       (b) Contents.--The report required by (a) shall include the 
     following:
       (1) An assessment of the costs, training requirements, and 
     personnel required to create an association for the Global 
     Hawk mission consisting of members of the Air Force serving 
     on active duty and members of the Air National Guard.
       (2) The capacity of the Air National Guard to support an 
     association described in paragraph (1).
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