[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 153 (Thursday, September 22, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5026]
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SA 5630. Mr. CARDIN 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. PROHIBITION RELATING TO FLYING MISSION OF THE AIR
NATIONAL GUARD; USE OF FUNDS FOR RUNWAYS OF THE
AIR NATIONAL GUARD.
(a) Prohibition.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Air Force may not
reduce below 200 the inventory of A-10 aircraft or the
inventory of F-22 aircraft.
(2) Expiration of prohibition.--The prohibition under
paragraph (1) shall cease to have effect on the date on which
the Secretary of the Air Force submits to Congress a plan to
maintain the flying mission of the Air National Guard.
(b) Air National Guard Runways.--The Secretary of the Air
Force shall use amounts available to the Secretary for
sustainment, restoration and modernization (SRM) to enhance
and improve runways of the Air National Guard in existence as
of the date of the enactment of this Act.
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