[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 151 (Tuesday, September 20, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4870]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5512. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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. 144. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE REFUELING MISSION 
                   OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE AIR FORCE.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the refueling mission of the reserve components of the 
     Air Force is essential to ensuring the national security of 
     the United States and allies of the United States;
       (2) that mission provides for aerial aircraft refueling 
     essential to extending the range of aircraft, which is a 
     critical capability when facing the current threats abroad; 
     and
       (3) the Air Force should ensure any plan to retire KC-135 
     aircraft includes equal replacement with KC-46A aircraft.
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