[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 198 (Monday, November 15, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8158]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4638. Mr. RISCH (for himself and Mr. Crapo) 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:

        Strike section 143 and insert the following:

     SEC. 143. MODIFICATION TO PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF 
                   FUNDS FOR RETIREMENT AND MINIMUM INVENTORY 
                   REQUIREMENT FOR A-10 AIRCRAFT.

       (a) Prohibition on Availability of Funds for Retirement.--
     Subsection (a) of section 134 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 
     130 Stat. 2037) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``or any fiscal year thereafter'' after 
     ``fiscal year 2017''; and
       (2) by inserting ``that reduces the total aircraft 
     inventory of A-10 aircraft below 218 A-10 aircraft'' after 
     ``any A-10 aircraft''.
       (b) Minimum Inventory Requirement.--Subsection (d) of such 
     section is amended by striking ``171'' and inserting ``141''.
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