,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aiaf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #e1 #bjag,mr4 
,shuster 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,rogers of  
,alabama1 ,mr4 ,austin ,scott of        
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,franks of ,arizona1 ,mr4
 ,hunter1 ,mr4 ,turner1 ,mr4 ,moulton1  
and ,ms4 ,tsongas7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to ensure the ballistic missile
 defense capacity of the ,army4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,patriot ,inventory ,protection     
,act4  #b4 ,preservation of the         
ballistic missile defense capacity of   
the ,army  7a7 ,limitation ,none of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated or  
otherwise made available for fiscal year
 #bjah or any fiscal year thereafter for
 the ,army may be obligated or expended 
to demilitarize any ,,gem-,t interceptor
 or remove any such interceptor from the
 operational inventory of the ,army     
until the date on which the ,secretary  

of the ,army submits to the             
congressional defense committees the    
evaluation conducted under subsection   
7b74  7b7 ,evaluation ,the ,secretary   
and the ,chief of ,staff of the ,army   
shall jointly conduct an evaluation of  
the ability of the ,army to meet        
warfighter requirements and operational 
needs if ,,gem-,t interceptors are      
removed from the operational inventory  
of the ,army4 ,in conducting such       
evaluation1 the ,secretary and the      
,chief of ,staff shall evaluate whether 
the ,army can maintain an inventory of  
interceptors necessary to retain the    
capability provided by ,,gem-,t         
interceptors and to meet such           
operational needs by either--  7#a7     
recertifying ,,gem-,t interceptors      
7either with or without modification72  
or  7#b7 developing1 testing1 and       
fielding a new low-cost interceptor that
 can be placed on the operational       
inventory of the ,army prior to the     
retirement of ,,gem-,t interceptors4    

7c7 ,exception ,the limitation in       
subsection 7a7 shall not apply to       
activities that the ,secretary          
determines are critical to the safety of
 ,,gem-,t interceptors4  7d7            
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,the
 term congressional defense committees  
has the meaning given that term in      
section #aja7;a77#af7 of title #aj1     
,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 ,the term  
,,gem-,t interceptor means the ,patriot 
guidance enhanced missile ,,tbm4