Sec. 128. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR THE ENHANCED MULTI-MISSION PARACHUTE SYSTEM

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## SEC. 128 LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR THE ENHANCED MULTI-MISSION PARACHUTE SYSTEM ###

(a)Limitation Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2018 for the enhanced multi-mission parachute system, not more than 80 percent may be used to enter into, or to prepare to enter into, a contract for the procurement of such parachute system until the date on which the Secretary of the Navy submits to the congressional defense committees the certification under subsection

(b)and the report under subsection (c). ###

(b)Certification Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a certification that states— ####

(1)whether the multi-mission parachute system fielded by the Marine Corps meets Marine Corps requirements; ####

(2)whether the RA-1 parachute system of the Army meets Marine Corps requirements; ####

(3)whether the PARIS, Special Application Parachute of the Marine Corps meets Marine Corps requirements; ####

(4)whether the testing plan for the enhanced multi-mission parachute system meets all applicable regulatory requirements; and ####

(5)whether the Department of the Navy has determined that a high glide canopy parachute system is as safe and effective as the fielded free fall parachute systems. ###

(c)Report Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes— ####

(1)an explanation for using the Parachute Industry Association specification for a military parachute given that sports parachutes are deployed from relatively slow flying civilian aircraft at altitudes below 10,000 feet; ####

(2)a cost estimate for any new equipment and training that the Marine Corps will require in order to use a high glide parachute; ####

(3)justification for why the Department of the Navy is not conducting any testing of parachutes until first article testing; and ####

(4)an assessment of the risks associated with high glide canopy parachutes with a focus on how the Department of the Navy will mitigate the risk of malfunctions experienced in other high glide canopy parachute programs.