[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5708]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6176. Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Hickenlooper) 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 G of title X, insert the following:

     SEC. 1077. JUSTIFICATION FOR TRANSFER OR ELIMINATION OF 
                   FLYING MISSIONS.

       (a) In General.--Prior to the relocation or elimination of 
     any flying mission, either with respect to an active or 
     reserve component of a covered Armed Force, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
     a report describing the justification of the Secretary for 
     the decision to relocate or eliminate such mission. Such 
     report shall include each of the following:
       (1) A description of how the decision supports the national 
     defense strategy, the national military strategy, the North 
     American Aerospace Defense Command strategy, and other 
     relevant strategies.
       (2) A specific analysis and metrics supporting such 
     decision.
       (3) An analysis and metrics to show that the elimination or 
     relocation of the flying mission would not negatively affect 
     the homeland defense mission.
       (4) A plan for how the Department of Defense intends to 
     fulfill or continue the mission requirements of the 
     eliminated or relocated flying mission.
       (5) An assessment of the effect of the elimination or 
     relocation on the national defense strategy, the national 
     military strategy, the North American Aerospace Defense 
     Command strategy, and the homeland defense mission.
       (6) An analysis and metrics to show that the elimination or 
     relocation of the flying mission and its secondary and 
     tertiary impacts would not degrade capabilities and readiness 
     of the Joint Force.
       (7) An analysis and metrics to show that the elimination or 
     relocation of the flying mission would not negatively affect 
     the national military airspace system.
       (b) Covered Armed Force.--In this section, the term 
     ``covered Armed Force'' means--
       (1) The Army.
       (2) The Navy.
       (3) The Air Force.
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