[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4474]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 485. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 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. 133. MODERNIZATION OF THE RADAR FOR F-16 FIGHTER 
                   AIRCRAFT OF THE NATIONAL GUARD.

       (a) Modernization Required.--The Secretary of the Air Force 
     shall take appropriate actions to modernize the radars of F-
     16 fighter aircraft of the National Guard by replacing legacy 
     mechanically-scanned radars for such aircraft with AESA 
     radars.
       (b) Report.--Not later 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a plan to modernize the 
     radars of F-16 fighter aircraft of the National Guard as 
     required by subsection (a).
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