Sec. 121. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO EA-18G AIRCRAFT OF THE NAVY

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## SEC. 121 REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO EA-18G AIRCRAFT OF THE NAVY ###

(a)Limitations and Minimum Inventory Requirements Section 8062 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— ####

(1)by redesignating subsection

(f)as subsection (g); and ####

(2)by inserting after subsection

(e)the following new subsection: > > ### “(f) > > > ####

(1)> > > #####

(A)> > During the period beginning on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 and ending on September 30, 2027, the Secretary of the Navy may not— > > > ###### “(i) > > retire an EA-18G aircraft; > > > ###### “(ii) > > reduce funding for unit personnel or weapon system sustainment activities for EA-18G aircraft in a manner that presumes future congressional authority to divest such aircraft; > > > ###### “(iii) > > place an EA-18G aircraft in active storage status or inactive storage status; or > > > ###### “(iv) > > keep an EA-18G aircraft in a status considered excess to the requirements of the possessing command and awaiting disposition instructions. > > > ##### “(B) > > The prohibition under subparagraph

(A)shall not apply to individual EA-18G aircraft that the Secretary of the Navy determines, on a case-by-case basis, to be no longer mission capable and uneconomical to repair because of aircraft accidents or mishaps. > > > #### “(2) > > > #####

(A)> > The Secretary of the Navy shall maintain a total aircraft inventory of EA-18G aircraft of not less than 158 aircraft, of which not less than 126 aircraft shall be coded as primary mission aircraft inventory. > > > ##### “(B) > > The Secretary of the Navy may reduce the number of EA-18G aircraft in the inventory of the Navy below the minimum number specified in subparagraph

(A)if the Secretary determines, on a case-by-case basis, that an aircraft is no longer mission capable and uneconomical to repair because of aircraft accidents or mishaps. > > > ##### “(C) > > In this paragraph, the term ‘primary mission aircraft inventory’ means aircraft assigned to meet the primary aircraft authorization— > > > ###### “(i) > > to a unit for the performance of its wartime mission; > > > ###### “(ii) > > to a training unit for technical and specialized training for crew personnel or leading to aircrew qualification; > > > ###### “(iii) > > to a test unit for testing of the aircraft or its components for purposes of research, development, test, and evaluation, operational test and evaluation, or to support testing programs; or > > > ###### “(iv) > > to meet requirements for missions not otherwise specified in clauses

(i)through (iii).” > . ###

(b)Report Required Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Air Force shall jointly submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes a strategy and execution plan for continuously and effectively meeting the airborne electronic attack training and combat requirements of the joint force. At a minimum, the strategy and execution plan shall provide for— ####

(1)the integration and utilization of both reserve and active duty component forces and resources within the Department of the Navy and the Department of the Air Force; and ####

(2)the establishment or continuation of one or more joint service expeditionary, land-based electronic attack squadrons that equal or exceed the capacity and capability of such squadrons in effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act.