,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ccha  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #h   
7legislative day1 ,december #d71        
#bjbe,mr4 ,kelly 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,lankford1 and ,mr4 ,curtis7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,foreign ,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require coordination of depot-level     
maintenance in multinational exercises  
conducted by the ,air ,force4  #a4      
,depot-level maintenance coordination in
 multinational exercises  7a7 ,in       
general ,each year1 the ,secretary of   
the ,air ,force shall incorporate in at 
least one multinational exercise        
conducted in the area of operations of  
the ,united ,states ,indo-,pacific      
,command-- 7#a7 depot-level maintenance1
 repair1 and sustainment considerations1
 including binational or multinational  
planning sessions with covered nations  
on-- 7,a7 identifying opportunities to  
cooperate on depot-level maintenance and

 repair in ways that minimize           
transportation requirements in such area
 of operations and determining the      
authorities necessary to deliver        
necessary joint capabilities2  7,b7     
facilitating real-time coordination     
between the ,united ,states and covered 
nations to maintain munitions stock     
levels and resupply routes in such area 
of operations2  7,c7 mutual recognition 
of airworthiness and maintenance        
certification between the ,united       
,states and covered nations2 and  7,d7  
emergency tabletop exercises1 such as   
when an aircraft of a covered nation    
breaks down in ,united ,states          
territory1 and vice versa1 in a         
contested logistics environment4  7#b7  
coordination with the ,air ,force       
,sustainment ,center1 including the     
participation of representatives of--   
7,a7 the ,united ,states ,indo-,pacific 
,command2  7,b7 the ,united ,states     
,pacific ,air ,forces2  7,c7 the ,united
 ,states ,air ,mobility ,command2 and   

7,d7 the ,air ,force ,sustainment       
,center4  7b7 ,report  7#a7 ,in general 
,not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this ,act1 the      
,secretary of the ,air ,force shall     
submit to ,congress a report summarizing
 the lessons learned from carrying out  
an exercise in accordance with          
subsection 7a7 with respect to the      
,republic of ,korea and the             
,commonwealth of ,australia4  7#b7      
,elements ,the report required by       
paragraph 7#a7 shall include the        
following3 7,a7 ,a list of candidate    
systems for co-sustainment with the     
,republic of ,korea and the             
,commonwealth of ,australia4  7,b7 ,a   
list of depot-level repair workload     
opportunities to undertake with the     
,republic of ,korea and the             
,commonwealth of ,australia1 including  
testing equipment or line replaceable   
units4  7,c7 ,opportunities to          
incorporate ,korean and ,australian     
industry partners in depot-level        

maintenance repair activities1 including
 through public-private partnerships4   
7,d7 ,an identification of any potential
 logistical challenges that could arise 
with the host country1 including with   
respect to workforce1 housing1 and      
location of workload4  7,e7 ,an         
identification of any potential         
impediments involving intellectual      
property or data rights between original
 equipment manufacturers and the        
,department of the ,air ,force or       
between the ,department of the ,air     
,force and the ,republic of ,korea or   
the ,commonwealth of ,australia4  7,f7  
,an identification of any potential     
impediments related to ,international   
,traffic in ,arms ,regulations and      
related statutes4  7,g7 ,any additional 
recommendations to ,congress that would 
ease the facilitation of depot-level    
maintenance repair partnerships with the
 ,republic of ,korea and the            
,commonwealth of ,australia1 including  
changes to existing status of forces    

agreements4  7,h7 ,an analysis of       
current maintenance and repair          
capabilities and gaps in the organic    
industrial base of the ,republic of     
,korea and the ,commonwealth of         
,australia4  7,i7 ,an assessment of the 
types of maintenance and repair         
activities 7including depot-level1      
preventative1 and corrective7 that may  
be most appropriate for a partnership   
with the ,republic of ,korea or the     
,commonwealth of ,australia4  7,j7 ,an  
assessment of how any such partnership  
may contribute to allied contingency    
operations1 interoperability1 and       
regional posture resilience in the      
,indo-,pacific region4  7,k7 ,a         
consideration of planning factors       
related to the evolving force generation
 models of the ,air ,force1             
future-generation aircraft programs1    
deployment schedules1 statutory         
maintenance thresholds1 and other       
relevant operational requirements4  7c7 
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     

,covered nation defined ,the term       
covered nation means any of the         
following3 7,a7 ,the ,commonwealth of   
,australia4  7,b7 ,canada4  7,c7 ,japan4
  7,d7 ,new ,zealand4  7,e7 ,the        
,republic of ,korea4  7,f7 ,the ,united 
,kingdom of ,great ,britain and         
,northern ,ireland4  7,g7 ,any other    
nation as designated as a covered nation
 for the purposes of this section by the
 ,secretary of the ,air ,force4  7#b7   
,international ,traffic in ,arms        
,regulations ,the term ,international   
,traffic in ,arms ,regulations means    
subchapter ,m of chapter ,i of title    
#bb1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations 7or 
successor regulations74