Sec. 143. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR RETIREMENT OF RQ-4 GLOBAL HAWK UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AND A-10 AIRCRAFT

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## SEC. 143 LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR RETIREMENT OF RQ-4 GLOBAL HAWK UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AND A-10 AIRCRAFT ###

(a)Limitation ####

(1)In general None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2014 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended to make significant changes to manning levels with respect to covered aircraft or to retire, prepare to retire, or place in storage a covered aircraft. ####

(2)Covered aircraft In this subsection, the term “covered aircraft” means the following: #####

(A)A-10 aircraft (except for such aircraft that the Secretary of the Air Force, as of April 9, 2013, plans to retire). #####

(B)RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems. ###

(b)Additional Limitation on Retirement of Certain A-10 Aircraft In addition to the limitation in subsection (a)(1), during the period preceding December 31, 2014, the Secretary of the Air Force may not retire, prepare to retire, or place in storage A-10 aircraft (except for such aircraft that the Secretary, as of April 9, 2013, plans to retire). ###

(c)Report ####

(1)In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on all high-altitude airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems operated, or planned for future operation, by the Department of Defense. ####

(2)Matters included The report under paragraph

(1)shall include— #####

(A)the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities of each high-altitude intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance system covered by the report; #####

(B)the plans to upgrade such capabilities in the future; #####

(C)the fully-burdened cost-per-flight-hour of each such system; #####

(D)the number of requests for each such system made by commanders of the combatant commands during the five-year period prior to the report, including the percentage of such requests that have been fulfilled to meet the requirements of such commanders; #####

(E)a description of the assumptions used by the Secretary in carrying out this subsection; and #####

(F)any other information that the Secretary considers appropriate with respect to the analysis of high-altitude intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems. ####

(3)Form The report required by paragraph

(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. ####

(4)Appropriate congressional committees defined In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— #####

(A)the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and #####

(B)the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. ###

(d)Construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect the requirement to maintain the operational capability of RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems under section 154(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-239; 126 Stat. 1666).

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Pub. L. 112-239
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Sec. 143

LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR RETIREMENT OF RQ-4 GLOBAL HAWK UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AND A-10 AIRCRAFT

Pub. L.Pub. L. 112-239

Stat.126 Stat. 1666

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