[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 4419. 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 a report on an 
     acquisition strategy for replacement of the Air Force UH-1N 
     helicopter program.
       (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) 
     shall include--
       (1) a description of the Air Force rotorcraft requirements, 
     and the extent to which program requirements differ among Air 
     Force Global Strike Command, Air Force District of 
     Washington, and other Major Command airlift missions;
       (2) a life-cycle cost analysis of alternatives, including 
     mixed-fleet versus single-fleet acquisition program solutions 
     to meet all Air Force requirements; 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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