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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1973

To reduce the number of operational support aircraft of the Department

of Defense.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 30, 1995

Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mr. NEUMANN, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. BROWNBACK,

Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. FURSE, Mr. GUNDERSON, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. MEEHAN, Mrs. MALONEY, and Mrs. SCHROEDER) introduced

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on National Security

A BILL

To reduce the number of operational support aircraft of

the Department of Defense.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. REDUCTION IN OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AIR4 CRAFT FLEET.

5 (a) REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT.—After

6 September 30, 1996, the number of aircraft of the Depart7 ment of Defense performing functions that as of June 1,

8 1995, were performed by aircraft designated as Oper9 ational Support Aircraft may not exceed two-thirds of the
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1 number of such aircraft as of June 1, 1995. After Septem2 ber 30, 1997, the number of aircraft of the Department

3 of Defense performing functions that as of June 1, 1995,

4 were performed by aircraft designated as Operational Sup5 port Aircraft may not exceed one-half of the number of

6 such aircraft as of June 1, 1995, except that a higher

7 number, not in excess of the maximum number authorized

8 under the preceding sentence, may be authorized upon a

9 certification by the Secretary of Defense to Congress that

10 the additional Operational Support aircraft are required

11 for wartime use under Department of Defense require12 ments as of June 1, 1995, or are required to maintain

13 aircrew readiness.

14 (b) EXECUTIVE AGENT.—(1) The Secretary of De15 fense shall designate the Secretary of one of the military

16 departments to be the executive agent of the Department

17 of Defense for maintenance and operation of all fixed-wing

18 aircraft performing the functions that were performed as

19 of June 1, 1995, by aircraft designated as Operational

20 Support Aircraft.

21 (2) The Secretary of Defense shall designate the com22 mander of the United States Transportation Command as

23 the single operational manager of all fixed-wing Oper24 ational Support Aircraft, effective October 1, 1996.
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1 (c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall

2 prescribe regulations for the operation, maintenance, and

3 use of fixed-wing aircraft to perform the functions per4 formed as of June 1, 1995, by aircraft designated as Oper5 ational Support Aircraft. Those regulations shall apply

6 uniformly throughout the Department of Defense.

7 (d) NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA HELICOPTER

8 USAGE.—After September 30, 1996, the number of heli9 copters of the Department of Defense used for administra10 tive purposes in the National Capital area may not exceed

11 one-half of the number of such helicopters used of such

12 purposes as of June 1, 1995. Helicopters assigned for the

13 support of the President shall not be counted for purposes

14 of this subsection.

15 (e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days

16 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary

17 of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the imple18 mentation of this section. The report shall set forth in de19 tail the manner in which the Secretary has implemented,

20 or will implement, each of the provisions of this section.

21 In addition, the report shall include a listing of all fixed22 wing aircraft (other than F– designated and B– des23 ignated aircraft) in the inventory of the Department of

24 Defense that were in operation as of June 1, 1995, shown
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1 by identification number, unit of assignment, location, and

2 assigned mission.

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