[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 89 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3818]
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  SA 1733. Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Peters, and Mr. Cassidy) 
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 end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1065. REPORT ON PLANS FOR THE USE OF DOMESTIC AIRFIELDS 
                   FOR HOMELAND DEFENSE AND DISASTER RESPONSE.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security and the Secretary of Transportation, submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report setting forth an 
     assessment of the plans for airfields in the United States 
     that are required to support homeland defense and local 
     disaster response missions.
       (b) Considerations.--The report shall include the following 
     items:
       (1) The criteria used to determine the capabilities and 
     locations of airfields in the United States needed to support 
     safe operations of military aircraft in the execution of 
     homeland defense and local disaster response missions.
       (2) A description of the processes and procedures in place 
     to ensure that contingency plans for the use of airfields in 
     the United States that support both military and civilian air 
     operations are coordinated among the Department of Defense 
     and other Federal agencies with jurisdiction over those 
     airfields.
       (3) An assessment of the impact, if any, to logistics and 
     resource planning as a result of the reduction of certain 
     capabilities of airfields in the United States that support 
     both military and civilian air operations.
       (4) A review of the existing agreements and authorities 
     between the Commander of the United States Northern Command 
     and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
     that allow for consultation on decisions that impact the 
     capabilities of airfields in the United States that support 
     both military and civilian air operations.
       (c) Form.--The report under subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
     ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Government Affairs, and the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Homeland Security, and the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.
       (2) Capabilities of airfields.--The term ``capabilities of 
     airfields'' means the length and width of runways, taxiways, 
     and aprons, the operation of navigation aids and lighting, 
     the operation of fuel storage, distribution, and refueling 
     systems, and the availability of air traffic control 
     services.
       (3) Airfields in the united states that support both 
     military and civilian air operations.--The term ``airfields 
     in the United States that support both military and civilian 
     air operations'' means the following:
       (A) Airports that are designated as joint use facilities 
     pursuant to section 47175 of title 49, United States Code, in 
     which both the military and civil aviation have shared use of 
     the airfield.
       (B) Airports used by the military that have a permanent 
     military aviation presence at the airport pursuant to a 
     memorandum of agreement or tenant lease with the airport 
     owner that is in effect on the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.
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