Sec. 132. LIMITATIONS AND MINIMUM INVENTORY REQUIREMENT RELATING TO RQ-4 AIRCRAFT

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## SEC. 132 LIMITATIONS AND MINIMUM INVENTORY REQUIREMENT RELATING TO RQ-4 AIRCRAFT Section 9062 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 131, is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: > > ### “(m) > > > ####

(1)> > During the period beginning on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 and ending on September 30, 2028, the Secretary of the Air Force may not— > > > ##### “(A) > > retire an RQ-4 aircraft; > > > ##### “(B) > > reduce funding for unit personnel or weapon system sustainment activities for RQ-4 aircraft in a manner that presumes future congressional authority to divest such aircraft; > > > ##### “(C) > > keep an RQ-4 aircraft in a status considered excess to the requirements of the possessing command and awaiting disposition instructions (commonly referred to as ‘XJ’ status); or > > > ##### “(D) > > decrease the total aircraft inventory of RQ-4 aircraft below 10 aircraft. > > > #### “(2) > > The prohibition under paragraph

(1)shall not apply to individual RQ-4 aircraft that the Secretary of the Air Force determines, on a case-by-case basis, to be no longer mission capable and uneconomical to repair because of aircraft accidents, mishaps, or excessive material degradation and non-airworthiness status of certain aircraft.” > .