[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 141 (Wednesday, September 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5995]
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  SA 3262. Mr. HICKENLOOPER (for himself and Mr. Daines) 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 F of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 358. BRIEFING ON COMMERCIAL AIRLIFT REVIEW BOARD 
                   CERTIFICATION PROCESS AND CRITERIA.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Commander of the United States 
     Transportation Command, in consultation with the Commercial 
     Airlift Review Board, shall brief the Committees on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives on 
     the certification process and criteria used by the Commercial 
     Airlift Review Board.
       (b) Elements.--
       (1) In general.--The briefing required under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following:
       (A) The total number of requests received for certification 
     by the Commercial Airlift Review Board during the one-year 
     period preceding the date of the briefing, disaggregated by 
     domestic and international certification requests.
       (B) The total number of such requests that were approved, 
     disaggregated by domestic and international certification 
     requests.
       (C) The total number of such requests that are pending as 
     of the date of the briefing, disaggregated by domestic and 
     international certification requests, along with the reason 
     for the delay in making a decision on each such request.
       (D) The total number of such requests that were denied, 
     disaggregated by domestic and international certification 
     requests, along with the reason for the denial decision.
       (2) Additional information.--
       (A) Approvals.--If any approval included under paragraph 
     (1)(B) limits the area of contract performance under such 
     approval, the briefing required under subsection (a) shall 
     include information about all such limitations and the 
     rationale for restricting certification based on area of 
     performance.
       (B) Denials.--If any denial included under paragraph (1)(D) 
     is a repeat denial from an entity previously denied a 
     certification during the one-year period preceding the date 
     of the briefing required under subsection (a), the briefing 
     shall include an explanation of the reason for the repeated 
     denials.
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