Sec. 147. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR RETIREMENT OF C-40 AIRCRAFT

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## SEC. 147 PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR RETIREMENT OF C-40 AIRCRAFT ###

(a)Prohibition None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2023 for the Air Force may be obligated or expended to retire, prepare to retire, or place in storage or on backup aircraft inventory status any C-40 aircraft. ###

(b)Exception ####

(1)In general The limitation under subsection

(a)shall not apply to an individual C-40 aircraft that the Secretary of the Air Force determines, on a case-by-case basis, to be no longer mission capable because of a Class A mishap. ####

(2)Certification required If the Secretary determines under paragraph

(1)that an aircraft is no longer mission capable, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a certification that the status of such aircraft is due to a Class A mishap and not due to lack of maintenance or repairs or other reasons.