[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5827]
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  SA 6329. Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Portman) 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 E of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 372. REPORT ON COSTS AND BENEFITS OF MAINTAINING A 
                   MINIMUM OF 12 PRIMARY AIRCRAFT AUTHORIZED FOR 
                   EACH TYPE OF SPECIALTY MISSION AIRCRAFT.

       (a) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that it 
     is important to maintain safety and increase mission 
     readiness and interoperability of the weather reconnaissance, 
     aerial spray, and firefighting system specialty mission 
     capabilities of the Air Force Reserve Command.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall 
     submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
     the costs and benefits of maintaining a minimum of 12 primary 
     aircraft authorized for each type of specialty mission 
     aircraft.
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