[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3713]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2747. Mr. THUNE 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 I, add the following:

     SEC. 144. PROCUREMENT OF REPLACEMENT WINGS FOR A-10 
                   THUNDERHOG STORM PENETRATING AIRCRAFT OF 
                   NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH 
                   AIR FORCE PROCUREMENT OF REPLACEMENT WINGS FOR 
                   A-10 TACTICAL AIRCRAFT OF THE AIR FORCE.

       (a) Procurement Required.--In carrying out the Air Force 
     procurement program for replacement wings for A-10 tactical 
     aircraft of the Air Force, the Secretary of the Air Force 
     shall also procure such number of replacement wings for A-10 
     Thunderhog Storm Penetrating Aircraft (SPA) of the National 
     Science Foundation as the Director of the National Science 
     Foundation shall specify.
       (b) Responsibility for Cost.--The cost of any replacement 
     wing for an A-10 Thunderhog Storm Penetrating Aircraft 
     procured for the National Science Foundation pursuant to 
     subsection (a) shall be borne by the National Science 
     Foundation.
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