[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3514]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 503. Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Thune, and Mr. Rounds) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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. 147. BRIEFING ON PLANS TO INCREASE READINESS OF B-1 
                   BOMBER AIRCRAFT.

       (a) In General.--Not later than January 31, 2020, the 
     Secretary of the Air Force shall provide the congressional 
     defense committees a briefing on the Air Force's plans to 
     increase the readiness of the B-1 bomber aircraft.
       (b) Elements.--The briefing required under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following elements:
       (1) A description of aircraft structural issues.
       (2) A plan for continued structural deficiency data 
     analysis and training.
       (3) Projected repair timelines.
       (4) Future mitigation strategies.
       (5) An aircrew maintainer training plan, including a plan 
     to ensure that the training pipeline remains steady, for any 
     degradation period.
       (6) A recovery timeline to meet future deployment tasking.
       (7) A plan for continued upgrades and improvements.
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