Sec. 1045. Certification and limitation on availability of funds for aviation foreign internal defense program
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a certification regarding the aviation foreign internal defense program that includes each of the following: An overall description of the program, included validated requirements from each of the geographic combatant commands and the Joint Staff, and statutory authorities used to support fixed and rotary wing aviation foreign internal defense programs within the Department of Defense.
Program goals, proposed metrics of performance success, and anticipated procurement and operation and maintenance costs across the Future Years Defense Program. A comprehensive strategy outlining and justifying contributing commands and units for program execution, including the use of Air Force, Special Operations Command, Reserve, and National Guard forces and components. The results of any analysis of alternatives and efficiencies reviews for any contracts awarded to support the aviation foreign internal defense program.
Any other items the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate. The certification required under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2015 may be obligated or expended to support the aviation foreign internal defense program, or to retire, transfer, or divest any asset of such program, until the date that is 45 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense provides to the congressional defense committees the certification required under subsection (a). No aircraft that, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, is part of the aviation foreign internal defense program may be transferred into or maintained in a status that is considered excess to the requirements of the possessing command and awaiting disposition instructions.