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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2274 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Defense 
to carry out a pilot program to determine the feasibility and desirability 
of equipping turbojet aircraft in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet with a 
missile defense system. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 10, 2007 
Mr. ISRAEL (for himself and Ms. BEAN) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Defense to carry out a pilot program to deter-
mine the feasibility and desirability of equipping turbojet 
aircraft in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet with a missile 
defense system. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Civil Reserve Air Fleet 
Missile Defense Pilot Program Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. CIVIL RESERVE AIR FLEET. 
(a) INCLUSION OF MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS.— 
Chapter 931 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 9515. Missile defense systems 
‘‘(a) PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall carry out a pilot program to determine the feasibility 
and desirability of equipping turbojet aircraft in the Civil 
Reserve Air Fleet with a shoulder-fired missile defense 
system. 
‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION
OF MISSILE DEFENSE SYS-
TEM.—The Secretary of Defense shall certify, based on 
operational tests and evaluations, including prior use on 
aircraft operated by the armed forces, an appropriate mis-
sile defense system for inclusion on turbojet aircraft under 
the pilot program. 
‘‘(c) MINIMUM NUMBER
OF AIRCRAFT.—In con-
ducting the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense shall 
provide for the inclusion of a missile defense system on 
not fewer than 20 turbojet aircraft in the Civil Reserve 
Air Fleet. 
‘‘(d) CONTRACTS.—The Secretary of Defense may 
enter into contracts to carry out the pilot program in the 
same manner as the Secretary may enter into contracts 
under section 9512. 
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‘‘(e) REPORTS.—(1) Not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Armed Services and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate and Committee on 
Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives a report containing a de-
scription of the pilot program. The report shall include, 
at a minimum— 
‘‘(A) a description of how funds will be allo-
cated under the program; 
‘‘(B) a schedule for implementation of the pro-
gram; 
‘‘(C) a description of testing requirements for 
missile defense systems under the program; 
‘‘(D) a statement as to whether aircraft or ap-
pliances used in carrying out the program will re-
quire certification by the Administrator of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration; and 
‘‘(E) a description of the criteria that will be 
used in selecting the aircraft that will be equipped 
with missile defense systems under the program. 
‘‘(2) Before the last day of the pilot program, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
and Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
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Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report 
on the results of the pilot program. 
‘‘(f) DURATION OF PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary 
shall conduct the pilot program during a two-year period 
beginning not later than 30 days after submission of the 
report under subsection (e)(1). 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$75,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new item: 
‘‘9515. Missile defense systems.’’. 
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