[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5228 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5228

  To direct the Secretary of the Air Force to develop a plan for the 
recapitalization of fighter squadrons of the Air National Guard and the 
Air Force Reserve and to limit modifications to the flying missions of 
              such squadrons until such plan is complete.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 18, 2023

  Mr. Bacon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of the Air Force to develop a plan for the 
recapitalization of fighter squadrons of the Air National Guard and the 
Air Force Reserve and to limit modifications to the flying missions of 
              such squadrons until such plan is complete.

    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 ``Air Reserve Component Fighter 
Recapitalization Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON TERMINATION OF FIGHTER SQUADRONS.

    (a) Limitation.--The Secretary of the Air Force may not terminate 
the fighter flying mission of any fighter squadron of the Air National 
Guard or the Air Force Reserve until a period of 180 days has elapsed 
following the date on which the Secretary submits the plan required 
under subsection (b).
    (b) Plan Required.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Air Force, in 
        coordination with the Director of the Air National Guard and 
        the Commander of the Air Force Reserve, shall develop a 
        notional plan for the recapitalization of all fighter squadrons 
        of the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve.
            (2) Elements.--The plan under paragraph (1) shall--
                    (A) provide options for the modernization of 
                fighter squadrons of the Air National Guard and the Air 
                Force Reserve and the replacement of the aircraft of 
                such squadrons at a rate that ensures recapitalization 
                of such squadrons with relevant and more capable 
                replacement fighter aircraft;
                    (B) ensure that each fighter squadron of the Air 
                National Guard and the Air Force Reserve has the 
                required minimum of primary mission assigned fighter 
                aircraft to meet force presentation requirements of 
                geographic combatant commanders for both steady-state 
                and operational contingency planning and execution;
                    (C) include consideration for the temporary 
                reassignment of aircraft to such squadrons from other 
                components of the Air Force, as necessary to meet the 
                requirements of the plan; and
                    (D) include the Secretary of the Air Force's 
                assessment of any effects of the force presentation 
                on--
                            (i) combatant commanders;
                            (ii) aircrew accession absorption capacity;
                            (iii) industrial capacity to support any 
                        additional production above programmed 
                        quantities; and
                            (iv) costs aside from normal training and 
                        personnel costs of unit mission transitions.
            (3) Submittal to congress.--The Secretary of the Air Force 
        shall submit to the congressional defense committees the plan 
        required under paragraph (1) together with an explanation of--
                    (A) any programmatic funding required to implement 
                such plan; and
                    (B) how the plan differs from other plans of the 
                Secretary of the Air Force with respect to fighter 
                aircraft squadrons of the Air National Guard and the 
                Air Force Reserve (including any such plans in effect 
                as of the date of the submittal of the plan under 
                paragraph (1)); and
                    (C) any effects of the plan on operations and 
                efforts to recapitalize or transition existing fighter 
                aircraft squadrons of the Air National Guard and the 
                Air Force Reserve as proposed in the future-years 
                defense program submitted to Congress under section 221 
                of title 10, United States Code, for fiscal year 2024.
    (c) Congressional Defense Committees Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given that 
term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.
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