Title: Long Range Bomber Expansion Act of 2020
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Long Range Bomber Expansion Act of 2020
This bill requires the Air Force to report to Congress on the bomber aircraft force structure that will enable the Air Force to meet the requirements of its long-range strike mission under the National Defense Strategy.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7238 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7238

 To require the Secretary of Defense to recommend a minimum number of 
                            bomber aircraft.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2020

 Mr. Brown of Maryland (for himself and Mrs. Hartzler) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Defense to recommend a minimum number of 
                            bomber aircraft.

    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 ``Long Range Bomber Expansion Act of 
2020''.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM BOMBER AIRCRAFT FORCE LEVEL.

    (a) In General.--Not later than February 1, 2021, the Secretary of 
the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
report with recommendations for the bomber aircraft force structure 
that enables the Air Force to meet the requirements of its long-range 
strike mission under the National Defense Strategy.
    (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall 
include each of the following elements:
            (1) The bomber force structure necessary to meet the 
        requirements of the Air Force's long-range strike mission under 
        the National Defense Strategy, including--
                    (A) the total minimum number of bomber aircraft; 
                and
                    (B) the minimum number of primary mission aircraft.
            (2) The penetrating bomber force structure necessary to 
        meet the requirements of the Air Force's long-range strike 
        mission in contested or denied environments under the National 
        Defense Strategy, to include--
                    (A) the total minimum number of penetrating bomber 
                aircraft; and
                    (B) the minimum number of primary mission 
                penetrating bomber aircraft.
            (3) A roadmap outlining how the Air Force plans to reach 
        the force structure identified under paragraphs (1) and (2), 
        including an established goal date for achieving the minimum 
        number of bomber aircraft.
    (c) Form.--The report submitted under subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
    (d) Publication.--The Secretary shall make available to the public 
the unclassified form of the report submitted under subsection (a).
    (e) Bomber Aircraft.--In this section, the term ``bomber aircraft'' 
includes penetrating bombers in addition to B-52H aircraft.
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