[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5047]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2799. Mr. COTTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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 I, add the following:

     SEC. 144. PROCUREMENT OF F-35 DEVELOPMENTAL TESTING AIRCRAFT.

       Section 225(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31; 137 Stat. 195) is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)--
       (A) by striking ``two'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``three''; and
       (B) by striking ``2030'' and inserting ``2034''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) Developmental testing modifications.--Any 
     developmental testing modifications to aircraft designated 
     under paragraph (1) may be procured using funds made 
     available to the F-35 aircraft program for research, 
     development, test, and evaluation or procurement of 
     aircraft.''.
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