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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1764 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1764

               To limit the retirement of A-10 aircraft.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 21, 2013

  Ms. Ayotte (for herself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Crapo, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. 
 Graham, Mr. Isakson, and Ms. Baldwin) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL

 
               To limit the retirement of A-10 aircraft.

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

SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OF A-10 AIRCRAFT.

    (a) Limitation.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or 
otherwise made available for the Department of Defense may be obligated 
or expended to retire, prepare to retire, or place in storage any A-10 
aircraft until each of the following:
            (1) The Secretary of the Air Force certifies to the 
        congressional defense committees each of the following:
                    (A) That the F-35A aircraft has achieved full 
                operational capability.
                    (B) That the F-35A aircraft has achieved Block 4A 
                capabilities, including--
                            (i) an enhanced electronic warfare 
                        capability that will allow the F-35A aircraft 
                        to counter emerging threats in a close air 
                        support (CAS) environment; and
                            (ii) a GBU-53 Small Diameter Bomb version 
                        II or equivalent weapon operational capability.
                    (C) That a number of F-35A aircraft exists in the 
                Air Force inventory in sufficient quantity to replace 
                the A-10 aircraft being retired in order to meet close 
                air support capability requirements of the combatant 
                commands.
            (2) The Comptroller General of the United States submits to 
        the congressional defense committees a report setting forth the 
        following:
                    (A) An assessment whether each certification under 
                paragraph (1) is comprehensive, fully supported, and 
                sufficiently detailed.
                    (B) An identification of any shortcomings, 
                limitations, or other reportable matters that affect 
                the quality or findings of any certification under 
                paragraph (1).
    (b) Deadline for Submittal of Comptroller General Report.--The 
report of the Comptroller General under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) 
shall be submitted not later than 90 days after the date of the 
submittal of the certification referred to in paragraph (1) of that 
subsection.
    (c) Congressional Defense Committees Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given that 
term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.
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