[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 153 (Thursday, September 22, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4994]
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  SA 5604. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO 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 F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1064. AIR FORCE ASSESSMENT OF COMBAT-TO-DWELL POLICY AND 
                   HEALTH WITHIN THE REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT 
                   COMMUNITY.

       (a) Assessment Required.--The Secretary of the Air Force 
     shall conduct an assessment of--
       (1) the combat-to-dwell policy of the Air Force; and
       (2) health and wellness within the remotely piloted 
     aircraft community.
       (b) Briefing and Report Required.--The Secretary of Air 
     Force shall--
       (1) brief the Committees on the Armed Services of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives on the status of the 
     assessment required by subsection (a) not later than 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act; and
       (2) submit to those committees a report on the assessment 
     at a time agreed to at the time of the briefing.
       (c) Elements of Report.--The report required by subsection 
     (b)(2) shall include the following:
       (1) A description of the extent to which data is being 
     collected on the current status and strategy of achieving 
     combat-to-dwell policy for the remotely piloted aircraft 
     community, including with respect to the following:
       (A) The retention rate of pilots of remotely piloted 
     aircraft.
       (B) The retention rate of sensor operators for remotely 
     piloted aircraft.
       (C) Instructor staffing levels at the remotely piloted 
     aircraft formal training unit.
       (2) An assessment of the progress on the metric (or set of 
     metrics) that allows the Air Force to track changes in the 
     number of pilots and sensor operators of remotely piloted 
     aircraft from its combined accession and retention efforts 
     over a projected timeline of implementing the combat-to-dwell 
     policy by 2024.
       (3) A description of how the Air Force is addressing the 
     health and wellness of the remotely piloted aircraft 
     community after the closure of the Culture and Process 
     Improvement Program, including with respect to the following:
       (A) Work shifts and hours.
       (B) Back, eyes, and other physical issues.
       (C) Mental health issues.
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