LOG ID REV MEMBER MARKUP LOC DESCRIPTION MARKUP ACT 694 2 Bacon, Don SPF Directs the Air Force to brief the committee on the Survivable Airborne Operations Center EB 1 710 0 Wittman, Robert SPF Would require entering into an FFRC to study Surface Warfare Officer (SWOs) retention issues, specifically female SWOs. EB 1 711 1 Speier, Jackie SPF Analysis of Littoral Combat Ship program costs and benefits EB 1 715 0 Speier, Jackie SPF Comptroller general review of undermanning on Naval surface ships EB 1 718 1 Speier, Jackie SPF Progress Report on GAO recommendations on career paths for surface warfare officers EB 1 736 0 Langevin, James SPF Requires Secretary of the Navy to report on combatant commands’ maritime domain awareness efforts to combat the threats posed by illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. EB 1 753 0 Panetta, Jimmy SPF Directs the Navy to submit a report regarding such steps as may be necessary to ensure the release of and public access to unclassified and declassified oceanographic data. EB 1 770 2 Wittman, Robert SPF Encourage the Navy to keep using data analytics to improved performance in the ship maintenance process. EB 1 784 2 Wittman, Robert SPF DRL on Bridge Tanker Competition/Program. EB 1 794 0 Bergman, Jack SPF Briefing on Improving Safe and Secure Cyber-Enabled Navy Vessels EB 1 831 0 Luria, Elaine G. SPF Would direct the Secretary of the Navy to brief the House Committee on Armed Services by February 1, 2022 on what efforts the Navy is making to utilize contract withholdings as an incentive to drive improved performance in the private surface ship repair industry. EB 1 863 1 Kim, Andy SPF Directs USN to explore alternate potential uses for ships planned to be decommissioned. EB 1 868 0 Jackson, Ronny SPF Accompanying language for the nacelle improvement funding increase and DRL for Sec Navy to brief HASC on MV-22 nacelle improvement options. EB 1 SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEAPOWER AND PROJECTION FORCES EN BLOC #1
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LOGID REV MEMBER
MARKUPLOC DESCRIPTION
MARKUPACT
694 2 Bacon,Don SPF
Directs the Air Force to brief the committee on the Survivable AirborneOperations Center EB 1
710 0 Wittman,Robert SPF
Would require entering into an FFRC to study Surface Warfare Officer(SWOs) retention issues, specifically female SWOs. EB 1
711 1 Speier,Jackie SPF Analysis of Littoral Combat Ship program costs and benefits EB 1
715 0 Speier,Jackie SPF Comptroller general review of undermanning on Naval surface ships EB 1
718 1 Speier,Jackie SPF
Progress Report on GAO recommendations on career paths for surfacewarfare officers EB 1
736 0 Langevin,James SPF
Requires Secretary of the Navy to report on combatant commands’maritime domain awareness efforts to combat the threats posed by illegal,unreported, and unregulated fishing.
EB 1
753 0 Panetta,Jimmy SPF
Directs the Navy to submit a report regarding such steps as may benecessary to ensure the release of and public access to unclassified anddeclassified oceanographic data.
EB 1
770 2 Wittman,Robert SPF
Encourage the Navy to keep using data analytics to improved performancein the ship maintenance process. EB 1
794 0 Bergman,Jack SPF Briefing on Improving Safe and Secure Cyber-Enabled Navy Vessels EB 1
831 0 Luria,Elaine G. SPF
Would direct the Secretary of the Navy to brief the House Committee onArmed Services by February 1, 2022 on what efforts the Navy is making toutilize contract withholdings as an incentive to drive improved performancein the private surface ship repair industry.
EB 1
863 1 Kim,Andy SPF
Directs USN to explore alternate potential uses for ships planned to bedecommissioned. EB 1
868 0 Jackson,Ronny SPF
Accompanying language for the nacelle improvement funding increase andDRL for Sec Navy to brief HASC on MV-22 nacelle improvement options. EB 1
SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEAPOWER AND PROJECTION FORCES EN BLOC #1
LOGID REV MEMBER
MARKUPLOC DESCRIPTION
MARKUPACT
886 0 Gallagher,Mike SPF
Report on acquisition, delivery, and use of mobility assets that enableimplementation of Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations EB 1
890 0 Gallagher,Mike SPF Great Lakes Winter Shipping Act of 2021 EB 1
This amendment would direct the Navy and the Air Force to closelycoordinate to ensure that there is no gap in the line between the AirForce and Marine Corps' Nacelle Improvement effort.
EB 1
956 3 Gallagher,Mike SPF Reporting requirement on US force posture in Indo-Pacific Command EB 1
1019 0 Scott,Austin SPF
This amendment would amend 10 USC 8062(d) to classify the SpaceForce as a matter of joint concern to the Navy. EB 1
1025 0 Scott,Austin SPF
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should name awarship ‘‘USS Fallujah". EB 1
1117 1 Moore,Blake D. SPF
Directs the Air Force to brief the committee on KC-135 tanker coolingcapacity EB 1
1120 1 Scott,Austin SPF
This DRL directs the Secretary to brief the HASC on efforts to update theDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The Dictionary of AmericanNaval Fighting Ships (DANFS) is the official reference work for the basicfacts about ships commisioned by the United States Navy.
EB 1
1145 1 Scott,Austin SPF
This DRL directs the Secretary of the Navy to brief the HASC on theNavy's lack of dedicated fire boats. EB 1
1264 2 Scott,Austin SPF
This DRL directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to thecongressional defense committees by March 1, 2022, on ISR capabilitieson persistent, ultra-long endurance (multi-day), attritable Group IIIunmanned aerial systems.
EB 1
1342 0 Jackson,Ronny SPF DRL about the integration of hypersonic weapons into the bomber fleet. EB 1
1395 2 McClain,Lisa C. SPF
Requesting DoD report on the need for additional ice breaking vessels inthe Great Lakes region. EB 1
Amendment to H.R. 4350
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
Offered by Mr. Bacon of Nebraska
In the appropriate place in the report to accompany H.R. 4350, insert the following new
Directive Report Language:
Survivable Airborne Operations Center
The committee supports the Air Force’s recapitalization effort for the Survivable
Airborne Operations Center (SAOC), formerly known as the E-4B National Airborne
Operations Center (NAOC). The aging E-4B fleet faces capability gaps, diminishing
manufacturing sources, increased maintenance costs, and parts obsolescence as it
approaches the end of its serviceable life. The recapitalization effort will be informed by Air
Force and Department of Defense analyses used to determine a holistic approach to
replacing the aging E-4B fleet and capabilities of other nuclear and national command and
control mission sets. The committee understands that the SAOC weapon system will be
comprised of a Commercial Derivative Aircraft (CDA), mission system, and ground support
systems. The committee is encouraged by the program’s effort to maintain a full and open
competitive acquisition and maximize competition across the entire weapon system
lifecycle. The committee supports the funding for SAOC in fiscal year 2022 and expects the
Air Force and the DoD to prioritize funding in the future years. Given the critical and
uniquely complex nature of this recapitalization effort, the committee strongly encourages
the Air Force and the Department of Defense to consider non-traditional acquisition
strategies to enable flexibility, accelerate systems development, and sufficiently address the
risks of modernization and integration of the mission systems. Therefore, the committee
directs the Secretary of the Air Force to deliver a briefing to the House Committee on
Armed Services no later than March 1, 2022, on the Air Force’s comprehensive SAOC
modernization strategy.
AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4350
OFFERED BY MR. WITTMAN OF VIRGINIA
At the appropriate place in title V, insert the fol-
lowing:
SEC. 5ll. INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF RETENTION OF 1
FEMALE SURFACE WARFARE OFFICERS. 2
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 3
seek to enter into an agreement with a nonprofit entity 4
or a federally funded research and development center 5
independent of the Department of Defense to conduct re-6
search and analysis on the gender gap in retention of sur-7
face warfare officers in the Navy. 8
(b) ELEMENTS.—The research and analysis con-9
ducted under subsection (a) shall include consideration of 10
the following: 11
(1) Demographics of surface warfare officers, 12
disaggregated by gender, including— 13
(A) race; 14
(B) ethnicity; 15
(C) socioeconomic status; 16
(D) marital status (including whether the 17
spouse is a member of the Armed Forces and, 18
if so, the length of service of such spouse); 19
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(E) whether the officer has children (in-1
cluding number and age or ages of children); 2
(F) whether an immediate family member 3
serves or has served as a member of the Armed 4
Forces; and 5
(G) the percentage of such officers who— 6
(i) indicate an intent to complete only 7
an initial service agreement; and 8
(ii) complete only an initial service 9
agreement. 10
(2) Whether there is a correlation between the 11
number of female surface warfare officers serving on 12
a vessel and responses of such officers to command 13
climate surveys. 14
(3) An anonymous but traceable study of com-15
mand climate results to— 16
(A) correlate responses from particular fe-17
male surface warfare officers with resignation; 18
and 19
(B) compare attitudes of first-tour and 20
second-tour female surface warfare officers. 21
(4) Recommendations based on the findings 22
under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3). 23
(c) REPORTS.— 24
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days 1
after the date on which a nonprofit entity or feder-2
ally funded research and development center enters 3
into an agreement under subsection (a) with the 4
Secretary of Defense, such entity or center shall 5
submit to the Secretary of Defense a report on the 6
results of the research and analysis under subsection 7
(a). 8
(2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 9
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 10
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the con-11
gressional defense committees each of the following: 12
(A) A copy of the report submitted under 13
paragraph (1) without change. 14
(B) Any comments, changes, recommenda-15
tions, or other information provided by the Sec-16
retary of Defense relating to the research and 17
analysis under subsection (a) and contained in 18
such report. 19
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Amendment to H.R. 4350
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
Offered by: Ms. Speier of California
In the appropriate place in the report to accompany H.R. 4350, insert the following
new Directive Report Language:
Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of the Littoral Combat Ship Program
The committee notes that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has
reported extensively on issues with the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program. Since
2005, GAO has issued no fewer than 19 reports that highlight failures in the
acquisition of LCS, including ships delivered late, with increased costs and less
capability than planned—such as lower lethality and survivability—higher than
expected costs for contractor maintenance, and numerous mechanical failures. Most
recently in 2021, GAO found that the Navy continues to face substantial challenges
in demonstrating the operational and warfighting capabilities that the LCS fleet
needs to perform its missions.
The committee notes that the Navy continues to make significant
investments in the LCS program even as it has stopped accepting Freedom-class
LCS variants while the contractor fixes a class-wide engineering defect, is
decommissioning two LCS ships in 2021 after completing just one mission each, and
has proposed retiring four more ships in fiscal year 2022. The Navy has yet to
complete reviews to identify ways to improve LCS employment, lethality,
maintenance, reliability, and sustainability.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit a report
to the congressional defense committees by March 15, 2022, assessing the costs and
benefits of continued investment in the LCS program. As the ships are being
employed differently and are experiencing different levels of reliability and different
employment schedules, the report should address the Independence and Freedom
variants separately. The report shall include:
(1) An assessment of whether the LCS is meeting current and future
performance requirements and fleet needs and whether the LCS fleet could be
expected to contribute to forward naval presence and operate effectively against
near-peer threats and on blue water missions.
(2) An assessment of all LCS deployments in 2020–2021 to include reliability,
missions performed, and feedback from Fleet Commanders, and an assessment of
operational impact of changes to manning and maintenance CONOPS for deployed
LCSs.
(3) An updated estimate of total life cycle costs for the program as currently
structured, including research and development, acquisition of the seaframes and
mission modules, test and evaluation, in-service modernization, training, operating
and support, and disposal. The associated costs and benefits of modifying the
current LCS program, including alternatives such as revising the LCS capabilities
and concept of operations, such as different mixes of mission modules, weapons,
crews, and missions to find a combination that is efficient to operate and effectively
performs a useful mission; increasing the endurance of the vessels, including
reliability, maintainability, and availability; addressing deficiencies identified
during deployments and operational testing; retiring some or all of the LCS fleet
earlier than planned; and implementing other major modifications to the LCS
program currently under consideration or already being executed, such as
recommendations resulting from Task Force LCS and ongoing studies.
(4) An analysis of fleet wide costs to support LCS compared with other ship
classes and an assessment of whether end-strength and funds devoted to keeping
LCS ready and mission capable would be better used to mitigate shortfalls on other
ship classes.
(5) A recommendation from the Secretary of the Navy as to whether the
benefits and performance of LCS justify continued investment in the program.
Amendment to H.R. 4350
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
Offered by: Ms. Speier of California
In the appropriate place in the report to accompany H.R. 4350, insert the following
new Directive Report Language:
Comptroller General Review of Navy Ship Manning
The committee notes the Navy’s efforts to accurately calculate manpower
requirements for surface ships and improve shipboard manning since the fatal ship
collisions in 2017. However, as the Government Accountability Office (GAO)
reported in May 2021, the Navy’s surface fleet manning shortfalls have grown from
6 percent in September 2016 to 15 percent in September 2020 (GAO-21-366). The
committee is concerned that these growing shortfalls are likely contributing to the
lack of sleep and extensive fatigue also reported by the GAO, creating unsafe and
ineffective operating conditions in the surface fleet. The committee is also concerned
that the Navy has not historically authorized billets to required levels. Therefore,
the committee directs the Comptroller General of the United States to assess Navy
ship manning. The assessment shall include:
(1) the Navy’s process for determining the number of authorized billets to
meet ship manpower requirements;
(2) the extent to which qualified personnel have been assigned to required
billets (referred to as “fit”);
(3) the extent to which the Navy is manning ships to required levels; and
(4) any other related matters the Comptroller General considers appropriate.
The committee further directs the Comptroller General to provide a briefing
to the House Committee on Armed Services by April 1, 2022, on preliminary
findings and present final results in a format and timeframe agreed to at the
briefing.
AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4350
OFFERED BY MS. SPEIER OF CALIFORNIA
At the appropriate place in title V, insert the fol-
lowing:
SEC. 5ll. PROGRESS REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF 1
GAO RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING CA-2
REER PATHS FOR SURFACE WARFARE OFFI-3
CERS OF THE NAVY. 4
(a) PROGRESS REPORT.—Not later than one year 5
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 6
of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense com-7
mittees a progress report on implementation of the rec-8
ommendations for executive action in the report of the 9
Government Accountability Office titled ‘‘Navy Readiness: 10
Actions Needed to Evaluate and Improve Surface Warfare 11
Officer Career Path’’ (GAO–21–168). The report shall in-12
clude the following: 13
(1) Actions taken to develop plans to improve 14
retention of SWOs, with a focus on retention of fe-15
male SWOs, including specific goals, performance 16
measures, and timelines. 17
(2) Actions taken to analyze relevant logbook 18
data for trends between the number of SWOs 19
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aboard ships and competition for limited training op-1
portunities. 2
(3) Actions taken to analyze the extent to which 3
commissioning practices affect training opportunities 4
for SWOs. 5
(4) Actions taken to reevaluate the need for nu-6
clear-trained SWOs, assess the effects of the current 7
training approach, and make any related adjust-8
ments to the respective career path. 9
(5) Actions taken to establish and implement 10
regular evaluations of the effectiveness of the cur-11
rent career path, training, and policies for SWOs, in 12
successfully developing and retaining proficient 13
SWOs. The initial evaluation shall include— 14
(A) a comparison of such effectiveness 15
against that of other positions in the Navy, and 16
against comparable positions in other navies 17
and maritime communities; and 18
(B) input from SWOs at all grades. 19
(6) Actions taken to implement— 20
(A) workforce strategies; 21
(B) changes to the career path for SWOs, 22
training, and policies; and 23
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(C) the implementation of pilot programs 1
to evaluate potential changes that address the 2
results of such initial evaluation. 3
(b) SWO DEFINED.—In this section, the term 4
‘‘SWO’’ means ‘‘surface warfare officer’’. 5
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AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4350
OFFERED BY MR. LANGEVIN OF RHODE ISLAND
At the appropriate place in title XXXV, insert the
following:
SEC. 35ll. REPORT ON EFFORTS OF COMBATANT COM-1
MANDS TO COMBAT THREATS POSED BY IL-2
LEGAL, UNREPORTED, AND UNREGULATED 3
FISHING. 4
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 5
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 6
of the Navy, in consultation with the Director of the Office 7
of Naval Research and the heads of other relevant agen-8
cies, as determined by the Secretary, shall submit to the 9
Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Com-10
merce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee on 11
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations 12
of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services, the 13
Committee on Natural Resources, the Committee on 14
Transportation and Infrastructure, the Committee on 15
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of 16
the House of Representatives a report on the combatant 17
commands’ maritime domain awareness efforts to combat 18
tended range, and other long range strike weapons 20
in Guam and other locations in the Indo-Pacific. 21
(c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 22
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 23
thereafter, the Commander of United States Indo-Pacific 24
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Command shall submit to the congressional defense com-1
mittees a report that includes the following information: 2
(1) The number of freedom of navigation oper-3
ations conducted in the Indo-Pacific each year since 4
2013. 5
(2) The number of bombers continuously 6
present in the Indo-Pacific each year since 2013. 7
(3) The number of ships, bombers, fighters, 8
Marines, and brigade combat teams deployed to the 9
Indo-Pacific region during the eight-year period pre-10
ceding the year in which the report is submitted. 11
(4) The number of ships, bombers, fighters, 12
Marines, and brigade combat teams deployed to the 13
Indo-Pacific region but tasked to other combatant 14
commands, including the number of days each such 15
tasking lasted, during the eight-year period pre-16
ceding the year in which the report is submitted. 17
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AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4350
OFFERED BY MR. AUSTIN SCOTT OF GEORGIA
At the appropriate place in title IX, insert the fol-
lowing new section:
SEC. 9ll. COORDINATION OF CERTAIN NAVAL ACTIVITIES 1
WITH THE SPACE FORCE. 2
Section 8062(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 3
amended by inserting ‘‘the Space Force,’’ after ‘‘the Air 4
Force,’’. 5
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AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4350
OFFERED BY MR. AUSTIN SCOTT OF GEORGIA
At the appropriate place in title X, insert the fol-
lowing:
SEC. 10ll. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING NAMING A 1
WARSHIP THE USS FALLUJAH. 2
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the 3
Navy should name a warship the ‘‘USS Fallujah’’. 4
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Amendment to H.R. 4350
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
Offered by: Mr. Moore of Utah
In the appropriate place in the report to accompany H.R. 4350, insert the following
new Directive Report Language:
KC-135R Cooling Capacity
The committee understands the KC-135R provides Aerial Refueling,
Aeromedical Evacuation and Mobility Transport for both the Active and Reserve
Components. The committee also understand that these critical yet aged airframes
do not have adequate cooling capability for ground and low-altitude operations,
significantly impacting operations and crew stamina in a large number of our
nations key operating environments. The committee also recognizes that Ground
cooling carts are the primary method for temperature reduction, but are removed
prior to engine start and are not usable if mission delays occur. A roll-on/roll-off
vapor cycle air conditioning units placed onboard can provide required cooling at a
fraction of the cost of replacing the aircraft handling system. The committee
understands that aircrew cooling has been a long-standing Air National Guard
Critical requirement, but has yet to receive funding. The committee recommends
additional funding for the National Guard and Reserve Component Equipment
Account (NGREA) to meet this requirement.
The committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a briefing to
the House Committee on Armed Services by March 31, 2022 on the Air Force’s
strategy to fill this identified, critical requirement for the KC-135R fleet.
Amendment to H.R. 4350 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
Offered by: Mr. Scott of Georgia
In the appropriate place in the report to accompany H.R. 4350, insert the following new Directive Report Language:
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
The committee understands the importance of naval history to sailors and their families alike. The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships is the official reference work on the basic facts about ships commissioned by the United States Navy since October 13, 1775. The committee is concerned that the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships is severely out of date.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy brief the House Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 2022, on efforts to update the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The briefing will include at a minimum: (1) timeline; (2) scope of project; and (3) existing and proposed budget needed to update the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships within five years.
Amendment to H.R. 4350 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
Offered by: Mr. Scott of Georgia
In the appropriate place in the report to accompany H.R. 4350, insert the following new Directive Report Language:
Fire Boats
The committee recognizes the lack of fire boats at U.S. naval bases. This lack of access to dedicated fire boats may be a safety hazard to sailors and civilian workers and may expose warships worth tens of billions of dollars to unnecessary danger. The committee is particularly concerned to the loss of USS Bonhomme Richard in 2020 and how fire boat access contributed to the complete loss of this warship.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to prepare a brief to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 2022 that: details the findings associated with the USS Bonhomme Richard accident investigation and deficiencies identified that would have allowed Navy to more adequately respond to the loss of the USS Bonhomme Richard; and, develop a fire boat response plan at major U.S. naval bases. The plan will include at a minimum the scope, budget and timelines necessary to implement such plan.
Amendment to H.R. 4350 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
Offered by: Mr. Scott of Georgia
In the appropriate place in the report to accompany H.R. 4350, insert the following new Directive Report Language:
The committee is concerned that the combatant commands have a critical requirement for
persistent airborne ISR in active conflict and low-intensity, highly dispersed regions that is not being met by existing unmanned aerial systems (UAS).
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Defense to provide a brief to the
House Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 2022, on how ISR capabilities on persistent, ultra-long endurance (multi-day), attritable Group III unmanned aerial systems address these threats and how the Secretary plans to develop these critical capabilities. This brief should include (1) total program cost; program costs included in the fiscal year defense plan and (2) overall development timetable.
Amendment to H.R. 4350
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
Offered by: Mr. Jackson of Texas
In the appropriate place in the report to accompany H.R. 4350, insert the following
new Directive Report Language:
Bomber fleet hypersonic weapons integration
The committee notes that the Air Force is retiring 17 B-1s, one quarter of the B-1
fleet. The committee is concerned that the remaining B-1, B-2 and B-52 aircraft
may not have the necessary improvements to make up for the substantial reduction
in numbers and be capable of meeting the Nation’s long-range precision strike
requirements. The committee notes that the bomber fleet are a critical component
to the United States’ force projection capability and will continue to be used both as
conventional and strategic deterrence assets in this great powers competition with
China and Russia. The committee notes that part of the future power projection
capability will involve the integration of hypersonic missiles into the bomber
aircraft. The committee also notes that the retirement of the 17 B-1s will result in
substantial cost savings over the FYDP and expects the Air Force to dedicate part of
these cost savings back into the B-1 fleet by increasing its capabilities, possibly
including expanded carriage, hardpoint pylon development and hypersonic
weapons.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a
briefing, no later than March 1, 2022, to the House Committee on Armed Services
on the plans for hypersonic integration for the bomber fleet. This briefing shall
include an updated Air Force bomber roadmap and the Air Force’s plans for the
integration of hypersonics into the bomber fleet, including a plan to achieve full
operational capability of the B-1 fleet to deliver hypersonic weapons by 2025 and
any other upgrades that will be required for the bomber fleet.
Amendment to H.R. 4350
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
Offered by: Mrs. McClain
In the appropriate place in the report to accompany H.R. 4350, insert the following
new Directive Report Language:
Report on Need for Additional Ice Breakers in the Great Lakes Region
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the
congressional defense committees by March 1, 2022 on whether additional ice
breaking vessels are necessary in the Great Lakes region. The report must include
an analysis on the necessity for ice breaking vessels in the St. Clair River.