Sec. 135. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR DESTRUCTION OF A-10 AIRCRAFT IN STORAGE STATUS

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## SEC. 135 LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR DESTRUCTION OF A-10 AIRCRAFT IN STORAGE STATUS ###

(a)Limitation None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Air Force for fiscal year 2017 or any fiscal year thereafter may be obligated or expended to scrap, destroy, or otherwise dispose of any potential donor A-10 aircraft until the date on which the Secretary of the Air Force submits to the congressional defense committees a report that includes the information described in section 134(e)(2)(C). ###

(b)Notification and Certification Not later than 45 days before taking any action to scrap, destroy, or otherwise dispose of any A-10 aircraft in any storage status in the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, the Secretary of the Air Force shall— ####

(1)notify the congressional defense committees of the intent of the Secretary to take such action; and ####

(2)certify that the A-10 aircraft subject to such action does not have serviceable wings or other components that could be used to prevent the permanent removal of any active inventory A-10 aircraft from flyable status. ###

(c)Plan to Prevent Removal A-10 Aircraft From Flyable Status The Secretary of the Air Force shall— ####

(1)include with the materials submitted to Congress in support of the budget of the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2018 (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) a plan to prevent the permanent removal of any active inventory A-10 aircraft from flyable status due to unserviceable wings or any other required component during the period covered by the future years defense plan submitted to Congress under section 221 of title 10, United States Code; and ####

(2)carry out such plan to prevent the permanent removal of any active inventory A-10 aircraft from flyable status. ###

(d)Potential Donor A-10 Aircraft Defined In this section, the term “potential donor A-10 aircraft” means any A-10 aircraft in any storage status in the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group that has serviceable wings or other components that could be used to prevent any active inventory A-10 aircraft from being permanently removed from flyable status due to unserviceable wings or other components.