[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3375]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2554. Mrs. FISCHER 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 D of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 340. REPORT ON AIR FORCE AIRFIELD OPERATIONAL 
                   REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than February 1, 2019, the 
     Secretary of the Air Force shall conduct an assessment and 
     submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
     detailing the operational requirements for Air Force 
     airfields.
       (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following elements:
       (1) An assessment of the state of airfields where runway 
     degradation currently poses a threat to operations and 
     airfields where such degradation threatens operations in the 
     next five and ten years.
       (2) A description of the operational requirements for 
     airfields, including an assessment of the impact to 
     operations, cost to repair, cost to replace, remaining useful 
     life, and the required daily maintenance to ensure runways 
     are acceptable for full operations.
       (3) A description of any challenges with infrastructure 
     acquisition methods and processes.
       (4) An assessment of the operational impact in the event a 
     runway were to become inoperable due to a major degradation 
     incident, such as a crack or fracture resulting from lack of 
     maintenance and repair.
       (5) A plan to address any shortfalls associated with the 
     Air Force's runway infrastructure.
       (c) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall 
     be in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex as 
     necessary.
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