[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3694]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1514. Mr. ROUNDS 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:

       At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. 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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