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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1554

To provide for a one-year procurement moratorium for the Marine Corps

V–22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft program in order to provide a needed

time out and to allow for a safety and performance reliability evaluation

of that aircraft.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 24, 2001

Mr. FILNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To provide for a one-year procurement moratorium for the

Marine Corps V–22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft program

in order to provide a needed time out and to allow

for a safety and performance reliability evaluation of

that aircraft.

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 ‘‘Time Out for One

5 Year: Osprey Safety Evaluation Act of 2001’’.
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1 SEC. 2. RESCISSIONS.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made available in

3 the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2001

4 (Public Law 106–259), the following amounts are re5 scinded from the following accounts:

6 (1) ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’,

7 $852,000,000, of which $776,760,000 shall be de8 rived from ‘‘V–22 (Medium Lift)’’ and $75,240,000

9 shall be derived from ‘‘V–22 (Medium Lift) (AP–

10 CY)’’.

11 (2) ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’,

12 $346,000,000, of which $323,000,000 shall be de13 rived from ‘‘V–22 Osprey’’ and $23,000,000 shall be

14 derived from ‘‘V–22 Osprey (AP–CY)’’.

15 (b) LIMITATION ON USE OF REMAINING FUNDS.—

16 Following the rescission made by subsection (a)(1), the

17 balance of the funds remaining available for obligation in

18 the account involved for ‘‘V–22 (Medium Lift)’’ may be

19 used only to carry out activities necessary to maintain the

20 production base for such aircraft program.

21 SEC. 3. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

22 (a) SECRETARY OF THE NAVY REPORT.—The Sec23 retary of the Navy shall submit to Congress a report on

24 the V–22 Osprey aircraft program. The report shall in25 clude the following:
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1 (1) A description of the activities carried out,

2 and programmed to be carried out, using funds ap3 propriated for that program for research, develop4 ment, test, and evaluation for fiscal year 2001.

5 (2) A description of the actions taken by the

6 Secretary as a result of the report on that program

7 issued by the Director of Operational Test and Eval8 uation of the Department of Defense dated Novem9 ber 17, 2000.

10 (3) A description of the manner in which the

11 Marine Corps and the Department of the Navy have

12 responded to the reports of data falsification con13 cerning the Osprey aircraft by Marine Corps per14 sonnel assigned to Marine Medium Tilt-Rotor Train15 ing Squadron 204.

16 (b) INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT.—The Inspector

17 General of the Department of Defense shall submit to

18 Congress a report on the results, as of the submission of

19 the report, of the investigation of the Inspector General

20 into the V–22 Osprey aircraft program.

21 (c) TIME FOR SUBMISSION OF REPORTS.—The re22 ports under subsections (a) and (b) shall each be sub23 mitted not later than the earlier of the following:

24 (1) The date that is three months after the date

25 of the enactment of this Act.
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1 (2) The date of the Milestone III decision for

2 the V–22 Osprey aircraft program approving the

3 entry of that program into full-rate production.

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