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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 152 

To require the Secretary of the Air Force to retain the current leadership 

rank, aircraft, and core functions of the 354th Fighter Wing and the 

18th Aggressor Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base and to require 

reports on proposed activities at such installation. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 24 (legislative day, JANUARY 3), 2013 

Ms. MURKOWSKI introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Air Force to retain the 

current leadership rank, aircraft, and core functions of 

the 354th Fighter Wing and the 18th Aggressor Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base and to require reports 

on proposed activities at such installation. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘America Needs Eielson 

5 Air Force Base Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. RETENTION OF LEADERSHIP RANK, AIRCRAFT, AND 

2 CORE FUNCTIONS OF THE 354TH FIGHTER 

3 WING AND THE 18TH AGGRESSOR SQUADRON 

4 AT EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, ALASKA. 

5 The Secretary of the Air Force shall retain the cur6 rent leadership rank, aircraft, and core functions of the 

7 354th Fighter Wing and the 18th Aggressor Squadron at 

8 Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, with the same integrated 

9 mission elements, responsibilities, and capabilities as ex10 isted as of November 1, 2011, until the later of— 

11 (1) the date that is 180 days after the National 

12 Commission on the Structure of the Air Force sub13 mits to the congressional defense committees the re14 port required under section 363 of the National De15 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Pub16 lic Law 112–239); and 

17 (2) the date the Secretary of Defense submits 

18 to the congressional defense committees the report 

19 required under section 3(a). 

20 SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL REPORTS REQUIRED. 

21 (a) REPORT ON STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in 

23 consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Secu24 rity, shall submit to the congressional defense com25 mittees a report on the strategic importance of 

26 Eielson Air Force Base. 


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1 (2) CONTENT.—The report required under 

2 paragraph (1) shall include— 

3 (A) an analysis of the strategic value of 

4 Eielson Air Force Base to operations in the Pa5 cific Area of Responsibility and elsewhere; in6 cluding the geographic advantage of Eielson Air 

7 Force Base in global deployment of airpower, 

8 military personnel, and logistical support; 

9 (B) the usefulness of Eielson Air Force 

10 Base to potential future missions, including 

11 military and humanitarian missions in a chang12 ing Arctic region; 

13 (C) the basing of F–35 aircraft; 

14 (D) the potential for relocation of combat 

15 coded aircraft from overseas bases; 

16 (E) maintenance and expansion of the 

17 North Pacific air refueling bridge; 

18 (F) remote piloted vehicle basing; and 

19 (G) proximity of Eielson Air Force Base to 

20 the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex. 

21 (b) ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND

22 RECORD OF DECISION.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air 

24 Force may not change the aircraft or core functions 

25 of the 354th Fighter Wing and the 18th Aggressor 


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1 Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, or the 

2 integrated mission elements, responsibilities, and ca3 pabilities that existed at such installation as of No4 vember 1, 2011, until the completion of an Environ5 mental Impact Statement and a Record of Decision 

6 relating to the proposed changes. 

7 (2) CONSIDERATION OF STRATEGIC IMPOR8 TANCE REPORT INFORMATION.—The Environmental 

9 Impact Statement shall assess the information sub10 mitted in the report required under subsection (a) 

11 and the Record of Decision shall reconcile the action 

12 decided upon with the findings of the report. 

13 SEC. 4. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DEFINED. 

14 In this Act, the term ‘‘congressional defense commit15 tees’’ has the meaning given the term in section 101 of 

16 title 10, United States Code. 

17 SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

18 Nothing in this Act shall be construed to relieve the 

19 Secretary of the Air Force of the obligation to comply with 

20 any other conditions precedent in law or regulation which 

21 govern any proposed modification to current operations at 

22 Eielson Air Force Base after the dates referred to in sec23 tions 2 and 3. 

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