Sec. 145. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR F-15EX AIRCRAFT

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## SEC. 145 LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR F-15EX AIRCRAFT ###

(a)Limitation Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2020 for the Air Force may be obligated or expended to procure any F-15EX aircraft, other than the first two prototypes of such aircraft, until a period of 15 days has elapsed following the date on which the Secretary of the Air Force submits to the congressional defense committees a report on the following topics relating to the F-15EX program: ####

(1)Acquisition strategy. ####

(2)Cost and schedule estimates. ####

(3)Test and evaluation strategy. ####

(4)Logistics strategy. ####

(5)Post-production fielding strategy. ###

(b)Exception for Long-lead Items ####

(1)In general Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary of the Air Force may use the funds described in paragraph

(2)to procure long-lead items for up to six additional F-15EX aircraft beyond the first two prototypes of such aircraft. ####

(2)Funds described The funds described in this paragraph are funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2020 for the Air Force for any of the following: #####

(A)Research and development, nonrecurring engineering. #####

(B)Aircraft procurement. ###

(c)F-15EX Program Defined In this section, the term “F-15EX program” means the F-15EX aircraft program of the Air Force as described in the materials submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense in support of the budget of the President for fiscal year 2020 (as submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 21, United States Code).