[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 83 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3219]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4218. Mr. WICKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
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 D of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 147. ACQUISITION STRATEGY FOR AIR FORCE HELICOPTERS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the congressional defense committees an acquisition 
     strategy for replacement of the Air Force UH-1N helicopter 
     program.
       (b) Elements.--The acquisition strategy required under 
     subsection (a) shall include--
       (1) a description of the separate and distinct rotorcraft 
     requirements among Air Force Global Strike Command, Air Force 
     District of Washington, and other Major Command airlift 
     missions;
       (2) a life-cycle cost analysis of mixed-fleet versus 
     single-fleet acquisition of aircraft; and
       (3) consideration of the trade-offs between the capability 
     and affordability of commercial derivative aircraft versus 
     military purpose designed aircraft.
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