Title: Patriot Inventory Protection Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Patriot Inventory Protection Act
This bill requires the Army to evaluate its ability to meet war fighter requirements and operational needs, if GEM-T interceptors are removed from its operational inventory, by either: (1) recertifying GEM-T interceptors; or (2) developing, testing, and fielding a new low-cost interceptor that can be placed on the Army's operational inventory prior to the retirement of GEM-T interceptors. GEM-T interceptors are surface-to-air Patriot Guided Enhanced Missiles.
The bill prohibits funds made available for the Army for FY2018 or thereafter from being obligated or expended to demilitarize any GEM-T interceptor or to remove any such interceptor from its operational inventory until the Army submits such evaluation to the congressional defense committees. Such limitation shall not apply to activities that the Army determines are critical to the safety of GEM-T interceptors.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1916 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1916

     To ensure the ballistic missile defense capacity of the Army.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 5, 2017

 Mr. Shuster (for himself, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Austin Scott of 
 Georgia, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Turner, Mr. Moulton, 
 and Ms. Tsongas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
     To ensure the ballistic missile defense capacity of the Army.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Patriot Inventory Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. PRESERVATION OF THE BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE CAPACITY OF THE 
              ARMY.

    (a) Limitation.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or 
otherwise made available for fiscal year 2018 or any fiscal year 
thereafter for the Army may be obligated or expended to demilitarize 
any GEM-T interceptor or remove any such interceptor from the 
operational inventory of the Army until the date on which the Secretary 
of the Army submits to the congressional defense committees the 
evaluation conducted under subsection (b).
    (b) Evaluation.--The Secretary and the Chief of Staff of the Army 
shall jointly conduct an evaluation of the ability of the Army to meet 
warfighter requirements and operational needs if GEM-T interceptors are 
removed from the operational inventory of the Army. In conducting such 
evaluation, the Secretary and the Chief of Staff shall evaluate whether 
the Army can maintain an inventory of interceptors necessary to retain 
the capability provided by GEM-T interceptors and to meet such 
operational needs by either--
            (1) recertifying GEM-T interceptors (either with or without 
        modification); or
            (2) developing, testing, and fielding a new low-cost 
        interceptor that can be placed on the operational inventory of 
        the Army prior to the retirement of GEM-T interceptors.
    (c) Exception.--The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply to 
activities that the Secretary determines are critical to the safety of 
GEM-T interceptors.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``congressional defense committees'' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, 
        United States Code.
            (2) The term ``GEM-T interceptor'' means the Patriot 
        guidance enhanced missile TBM.
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