[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 12, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3852]
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SA 2833. Mr. YOUNG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain)
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 B of title I, add the following:
SEC. 112. NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE COMPONENT EQUIPMENT
REPORT.
(a) In General.--Section 10541(b) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
``(10) An assessment by the Secretary of the Army, in
coordination with the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, on
the efforts of the Army to address any inventory or readiness
shortfalls in the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard
with respect to high priority items of equipment, including--
``(A) AH-64 Attack Helicopters;
``(B) UH-60 Black Hawk Utility Helicopters;
``(C) Abrams Main Battle Tanks;
``(D) Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles;
``(E) Stryker Combat Vehicles; and
``(F) any other items of equipment as agreed to by the
Chief of the National Guard Bureau and the Chief of Staff of
the Army.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall apply with respect to reports required to be submitted
under section 10541 of title 10, United States Code, after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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