[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 93 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3226-S3227]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2292. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO 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 C of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 322. REPORT ON AIR FORCE TRAINING RANGE REQUIREMENTS TO 
                   ADDRESS FIFTH GENERATION THREATS.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The Department of Defense needs to ensure that air 
     training ranges are properly equipped to prepare pilots for 
     operating in any battlespace where they may have to operate.
       (2) The ongoing development of anti-aircraft technology 
     among near-peer competitors of the United States, and the 
     proliferation of that technology to a widening array of 
     potential battlefields, necessitates maximum preparedness 
     among United States fighter and bomber pilots.
       (3) Years of focusing on low intensity stability operations 
     and multiple budget cycles under spending caps have resulted 
     in an under capitalization of fifth generation training 
     resources.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 90 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 on 
     the needs of the Air Force to ensure pilots can train against 
     the full range of fifth generation threats at training 
     ranges, including--

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       (1) the need to have threat representative simulators at 
     those training ranges;
       (2) the plan to meet those needs;
       (3) the resources required to meet those needs; and
       (4) the timeline for meeting those needs.
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