[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3413]
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  SA 6252. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 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 appropriate place in title III, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 3__. REPORT ON LIMITATIONS TO AGILE COMBAT EMPLOYMENT 
                   MODEL AS A RESULT OF AGING OR INADEQUATE 
                   INFRASTRUCTURE.

       (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force 
     shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives a report analyzing 
     the readiness, status, and need for basic infrastructure of 
     locations intended for use of the Agile Combat Employment 
     model of the Department of the Air Force.
       (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following:
       (1) An assessment by the Secretary of the gap between 
     available infrastructure at potential sites versus needed new 
     infrastructure for the successful rollout of the Agile Combat 
     Employment model.
       (2) Challenges to developing needed pre-positioned 
     infrastructure at austere sites that could be a part of such 
     model, including a list of the types of support 
     infrastructure most urgently needed at potential sites that 
     would be set to employ such model.
       (3) An assessment of the condition of existing maintenance 
     facilities that are able to conduct complex aircraft repair 
     at potential sites that would employ such model, the 
     resourcing required to repair such facilities, and 
     limitations to maintaining such facilities at austere 
     locations causing them to fall into disrepair.
       (4) A description of logistical challenges presented by the 
     current status of infrastructure at austere locations with 
     moving equipment, spare parts, and personnel needed for the 
     successful deployment of such model.
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