[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7856]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4302. Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) 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 VI, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. ACQUISITION STRATEGY TO MODERNIZE THE JOINT STRIKE 
                   FIGHTER PROPULSION SYSTEM.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 14 days after the date on 
     which the budget of the President for fiscal year 2023 is 
     submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 
     United States Code, the Under Secretary of Defense for 
     Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report on the modernization of the F135 
     propulsion system or the integration of the Adaptive Engine 
     Transition Program propulsion system into the Joint Strike 
     Fighter (JSF).
       (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following:
       (1) A cost benefit analysis of--
       (A) integrating the Adaptive Engine Transition Program 
     propulsion system into each of the JSF aircraft variants;
       (B) modernizing or upgrading the existing F135 propulsion 
     system on each of the JSF variants;
       (C) future associated infrastructure and sustainment costs 
     of the modernized engine;
       (D) cost savings associated with variant and Partner 
     commonality; and
       (E) assess all activities and costs to retrofit and sustain 
     all JSF with a modernized propulsion system.
       (2) An implementation plan to implement such strategy.
       (3) A schedule annotating pertinent milestones and yearly 
     fiscal resource requirements for the implementation of a 
     modernized JSF propulsion system.
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