S 1265
114th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Long Range Bomber Sustainment Act of 2015
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 11, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
May 11, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Long Range Bomber Sustainment Act of 2015
This bill prohibits a B-1, B-2, or B-52 bomber aircraft from being retired during a fiscal year unless the Secretary of Defense certifies that:
- the retirement of the aircraft will not detrimentally affect the U.S. Armed Forces' capacity to carry out the full range of long range bomber aircraft missions anticipated in operational plans of the Armed Forces in effect as of the date of the submission of that certification;
- the Secretary has completed assessments of planning scenarios that span the range of plausible future challenges for such aircraft, and the severity, likelihood, and imminence of risk associated with each such planning scenario;
- the Secretary has concluded, based on such assessments, that retirements of B-1, B-2, and B-52 bomber aircraft in the near term will not detrimentally affect operational capability; and
- the Secretary has developed a plan to replace any operational capability lost as a result of the retirement of such bomber aircraft.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Committees of jurisdiction
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