[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 147 (Tuesday, September 12, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5222]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 946. Mr. MORAN 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 III, add the following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OF THE TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT 
                   OF THE ADVANCED TURBINE ENGINE ARMY MAINTENANCE 
                   OF THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD.

       No action may be taken to reduce the capability of, or to 
     eliminate or transfer the tools and equipment of, the 
     Advanced Turbine Engine Army Maintenance (ATEAM) of the Army 
     National Guard until the Secretary of Defense certifies each 
     of the following:
       (1) That Advanced Turbine Engine Army Maintenance 
     capabilities relating to the capability do not result in any 
     cost avoidance or savings to the Department of Defense.
       (2) That there is no existing or anticipated requirement 
     for Advanced Turbine Engine Army Maintenance technical 
     expertise and capabilities among any Armed Force or the 
     militaries of United States allies (through the Foreign 
     Military Sales program) that cannot be done by another 
     capability in the Department of Defense.
       (3) That there is no existing or anticipated requirement to 
     support and maintain readiness of any unit of the Armed 
     Forces, including Army National Guard units in the Idaho, 
     Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, North 
     Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and 
     Tennessee, or any other unit of the Army National Guard under 
     the control of a State, that may require the capabilities of 
     the Advanced Turbine Engine Army Maintenance for on-site 
     repair or field support during training events or otherwise 
     that cannot be done by another capability in the Department.
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