[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3359-S3360]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2504. Mr. WICKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) 
and intended to be proposed 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 I of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 896. ADVANCED HELICOPTER TRAINING SYSTEM.

       In developing the requirements for the Navy's Advanced 
     Helicopter Training System, the Secretary of the Navy shall 
     take into consideration--
       (1) the projected cost and schedule impacts of any 
     development or non-developmental integration requirements;

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       (2) the level to which the new training system will enhance 
     the transition to current Navy advance aircraft and any next 
     generation Future Vertical Lift aircraft technologies and 
     capabilities;
       (3) the efficiencies and cost benefits provided by the 
     capability to replicate advanced training tasks on a primary 
     trainer;
       (4) the safety and efficiency and quality benefits of a 
     training aircraft with flight and power management 
     characteristics of a multi-engine trainer that is 
     representative of the more complex fleet helicopters; and
       (5) the trends and best practices learned by other United 
     States and international military training programs.
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