[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 193 (Wednesday, November 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7749]
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  SA 4258. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
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 appropriate place in title I, insert the following:

     SEC. 1__. REQUIREMENT FOR OPERATIONAL USE OF F135 ENGINES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Defense may not 
     change inspection criteria limits for the F135 engine to 
     allow cracks in fan blades until submittal of the report 
     under subsection (b).
       (b) Analysis and Report.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall enter into 
     a contract with a federally funded research and development 
     center to provide an independent analysis of and report on 
     the following:
       (A) The risk associated with expanding limits on cracked 
     blades or other vulnerabilities to F135 engine operations.
       (B) Mitigation of risk associated with expanding such 
     limits.
       (C) Alternative courses of action to increase on wing time 
     for the engine.
       (D) Other topics as the Secretary considers appropriate.
       (2) Submittal to congress.--Not later than June 1, 2022, 
     the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees the report described in paragraph (1).
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