[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 88 (Monday, June 6, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3452]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4418. Mr. PERDUE 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. SUPPORT FOR E-8C JSTARS FLEET.

       The Secretary of Defense shall continue to fully fund all 
     necessary aircraft repairs and modifications and to maintain 
     the existing E-8C JSTARS fleet in a common mission equipment 
     configuration and deployable state, including with respect to 
     supply parts, operational aircrew, maintenance, and combat 
     training instructors to ensure that the fleet can continue 
     worldwide operational missions, avoid degradation of mission 
     performance, and meet combatant commander requirements for 
     operations until the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar 
     System (JSTARS) Recapitalization Program achieves Full 
     Operational Capability (FOC).
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