Sec. 1085. LEVEL OF READINESS OF CIVIL RESERVE AIR FLEET CARRIERS
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## SEC. 1085 LEVEL OF READINESS OF CIVIL RESERVE AIR FLEET CARRIERS **[**[10 U.S.C. 9517 note](/us/usc/t10/s9517)**]** ###
(a)Findings Congress finds the following: ####
(1)The National Airlift Policy states that “[t]he national defense airlift objective is to ensure that military and civil airlift resources will be able to meet defense mobilization and deployment requirements in support of US defense and foreign policies.”. ####
(2)The National Airlift Policy also emphasizes the need for “dialogue and cooperation with our national aviation industry,” and it states that “[i]t is of particular importance that the aviation industry be apprised by the Department of Defense of long-term requirements for airlift in support of national defense.”. ####
(3)The National Airlift Policy emphasizes the importance of both military and civil airlift resources and their interdependence in the fulfillment of the national defense airlift objective, and it states that the “Department of Defense shall establish appropriate levels for peacetime cargo airlift augmentation in order to promote the effectiveness of Civil Reserve Air Fleet and provide training within the military airlift system.”. ####
(4)Civil Reserve Air Fleet carriers continue to be an important component of the military airlift system in support of United States defense and foreign policies. ###
(b)Level of Readiness of Civil Reserve Air Fleet Carriers ####
(1)In general Chapter 931 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: > > ## “SEC. 9517 Level of readiness of Civil Reserve Air Fleet carriers > > **[**[10 U.S.C. 9517](/us/usc/t10/s9517)**]** > > “The Civil Reserve Air Fleet program is an important component of the military airlift system in support of United States defense and foreign policies, and it is the policy of the United States to maintain the readiness and interoperability of Civil Reserve Air Fleet carriers by providing appropriate levels of peacetime airlift augmentation to maintain networks and infrastructure, exercise the system, and interface effectively within the military airlift system.” > . ####
(2)Clerical amendment **[**[10 U.S.C. 9511](/us/usc/t10/s9511)**]** The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:" “9517. Level of Readiness of Civil Reserve Air Fleet carriers.” ". ####
(3)Definition of civil reserve air fleet program Section 9511 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: > > #### “(12) > > The term ‘Civil Reserve Air Fleet program’ means the program developed by the Department of Defense through which the Department of Defense augments its airlift capability by use of civil aircraft.” > . ###
(c)Report Requirement On the day the President submits the budget to Congress for each of fiscal years 2017 and 2018, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report that sets forth, for each fiscal year during the period covered by the current future-years defense program under section 221 of title 10, United States Code, each of the following, expressed separately for passenger and cargo airlift services: ####
(1)The results (including analytical and justification materials) of an assessment, conducted in consultation with the Civil Reserve Air Fleet carriers, of the level of commercial airlift augmentation necessary to maintain the readiness and interoperability of such carriers, maintain networks and infrastructure, exercise the system, and facilitate the regular interfacing between such carriers and the military airlift system, which shall include— #####
(A)a projection of the number of block hours necessary to achieve such levels of commercial airlift augmentation; #####
(B)a strategic plan for achieving such level of commercial airlift augmentation; and #####
(C)an explanation of any deviation from the previous fiscal year’s assessment of the projected number of block hours under subparagraph (A). ####
(2)A comparison (including analytical and justification materials and explanations of any deviations) of the forecasted number of block hours for each fiscal year of the period covered by the report with the projected number of block hours under paragraph (1)(A) for each such fiscal year.
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