[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 144 (Thursday, September 7, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5070]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 842. Mr. STRANGE 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 in title II, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. BRIEFING ON NEED FOR CAPABILITY OF F-35 JOINT 
                   STRIKE FIGHTER TO EMPLOY A STEALTHY, INTERNALLY 
                   CARRIED, STANDOFF AIR-TO-GROUND OR SURFACE 
                   MISSILE.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Commander of the Air Combat Command (ACC) of 
     the Air Force and the Director of Air Warfare (N98) of the 
     Navy shall provide the congressional defense committees a 
     briefing on the need of the Armed Forces for the F-35 joint 
     strike fighter to employ a stealthy, internally carried, 
     standoff air-to-ground or surface missile and the best ways 
     in which such need can be met.
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