[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4534-S4535]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 560. Mr. GARDNER (for himself and Mr. Bennet) 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. REPORT ON PLANS RELATED TO DIVESTMENT OR TRANSFER OF 
                   C-21 AIRCRAFT.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force 
     shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
     that includes the elements described in subsection (b).
       (b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall 
     include the following elements, reported by total cost and 
     cost by fiscal year, with a detailed description and a 
     justification:
       (1) Whether the Air Force plans to modernize and 
     recapitalize the operational support airlift fleet, including 
     the C-21 fleet.
       (2) Whether the Air Force has a C-21 consolidation plan, 
     and if so, what cost savings the Air Force hopes to achieve, 
     if any.
       (3) Whether the Air Force has a C-21 divestment plan, and 
     if so, what cost savings the Air Force hopes to achieve, if 
     any.
       (4) How the Air Force plans to continue to meet operational 
     support airlift requirements, including support of United 
     States Central Command and United States Transportation 
     Command Joint Operational Airlift Center requirements.
       (5) How the Air Force plans to fully utilize the reserve 
     components to meet operational support and executive airlift 
     requirements, especially given the pilot shortage.
       (6) How the Air Force incorporates pilot training costs 
     into its budget analysis for the transfer or divestment of 
     reserve component aircraft and pilots.
       (7) Whether any analysis has been conducted to identify 
     geographical areas that have an underutilized reserve 
     component pilot population.
       (8) How the Air Force plans to maintain quality of life and 
     predictability for reserve component pilots, including if 
     consideration

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     has been given to the location of commercial airline 
     domiciles in relation to reserve component basing decisions.
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