[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 93 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3226]
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  SA 2291. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2019 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. 144. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON KC-46A AERIAL REFUELING TANKER 
                   EMERGENT REQUIREMENTS.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the KC-46A aircraft will serve as the backbone of the 
     Air Force's critical aerial refueling mission for the next 
     several decades, replacing the aging 1950's-era KC-135 
     Stratotanker fleet;
       (2) the Air Force has provided funding for numerous 
     military construction projects at installations across the 
     country to prepare for the delivery and bed down of the KC-
     46A aircraft;
       (3) as the KC-46A program matures and requirements become 
     better defined, additional military construction and 
     facilities, sustainment, restoration and modernization (FSRM) 
     funding is likely to be necessary to properly support the 
     fielding of the aircraft, house additional personnel, and 
     meet unforeseen requirements of the tanker mission; and
       (4) the Secretary of the Air Force should continue to 
     review and validate new emergent requirements and prepare to 
     provide additional military construction and FSRM funding in 
     its budget request for fiscal year 2020 and future years as 
     needed.
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