[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3616]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2593. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Ms. Cortez Masto) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him 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. AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR CONTRACTED 
                   ADVERSARY AIR AND CONTRACTED CLOSE AIR SUPPORT.

       In accordance with section 2401 of title 10, United States 
     Code, the Secretaries of the military departments are 
     authorized to enter into long-term contracts for contracted 
     Adversary Air and Contracted Close Air Support to provide for 
     the training of military personnel. The notification and 
     certification requirements of subsection (b) of such section 
     do not apply to contracted Adversary Air and Contracted Close 
     Air Support training services authorized under this section. 
     This section shall be effective beginning with fiscal year 
     2019.
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