[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3410-S3411]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 324. Ms. ROSEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction,

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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 C of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 333. ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVERSARY AIR TRAINING PROGRAM FOR 
                   THE AIR FORCE.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall 
     implement an adversary air training program through the award 
     of contracts to qualified entities, as determined by the 
     Secretary, through the use of competitive procurement under 
     the provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation to 
     enhance competition, maximize savings, and provide a variety 
     of adversary aircraft.
       (b) Elements of Program.--The program under subsection (a) 
     shall--
       (1) leverage commercial adversary air support as a most 
     efficient use of experienced instructors, re-purposed 
     supersonic fighter aircraft, and specialized equipment to 
     restore peer adversary capability in tactical services 
     through threat-representative adversary support;
       (2) promote stability to acquire and retain experienced 
     fighter tactics instructor pilots and aircraft maintainers, 
     along with fighter aircraft and systems, so as to have a 
     safe, effective, and sustainable commercial adversary air 
     program;
       (3) preserve Air Force program flexibility through 
     subsequent task orders for individual location support;
       (4) immediately reduce airframe and engine hours 
     accumulated on front line aircraft currently being used as 
     adversary air training aircraft;
       (5) preserve operational flight hours and aircraft 
     available for mission readiness training; and
       (6) realize immediate front line aircraft operations and 
     maintenance savings by aggressively transitioning to 
     commercial adversary air training programs.
       (c) Types of Contracts.--The Secretary of the Air Force 
     shall carry out the program under subsection (a) through the 
     award of ten-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity 
     contracts.
       (d) Use of Funds.--In carrying out this section, the 
     Secretary of the Air Force may use funds authorized for Air 
     Force Operation and Maintenance in--
       (1) this Act; and
       (2) the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2019 (Public Law 115-232).
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