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4	4	STSESSION S. 510
5	5	To require the Secretary of the Air Force to provide training to members
6	6	of the air force of Israel on the operation of KC–46 aircraft, and
7	7	for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
9	9	FEBRUARY16, 2023
10	10	Mr. C
11	11	OTTONintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
12	12	to the Committee on Foreign Relations
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To require the Secretary of the Air Force to provide training
15	15	to members of the air force of Israel on the operation
16	16	of KC–46 aircraft, and for other purposes.
17	17	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
18	18	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
19	19	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
20	20	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expediting Israeli Aer-4
21	21	ial Refueling Act of 2023’’. 5
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25	25	SEC. 2. TRAINING ISRAELI PILOTS TO OPERATE KC–46 AIR-1
26	26	CRAFT. 2
27	27	(a) I
28	28	NGENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 3
29	29	date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 4
30	30	Air Force shall— 5
31	31	(1) make available sufficient resources and ac-6
32	32	commodations within the United States to train 7
33	33	members of the air force of Israel on the operation 8
34	34	of KC–46 aircraft; and 9
35	35	(2) conduct training for members of the air 10
36	36	force of Israel, including— 11
37	37	(A) training for pilots and crew on the op-12
38	38	eration of the KC–46 aircraft in accordance 13
39	39	with standards considered sufficient to conduct 14
40	40	coalition operations of the United States Air 15
41	41	Force and the air force of Israel; and 16
42	42	(B) training for ground personnel on the 17
43	43	maintenance and sustainment requirements of 18
44	44	the KC–46 aircraft considered sufficient for 19
45	45	such operations. 20
46	46	(b) U
47	47	NITEDSTATESAIRFORCEMILITARYPER-21
48	48	SONNELEXCHANGEPROGRAM.—The Secretary of De-22
49	49	fense shall, with respect to members of the air force of 23
50	50	Israel associated with the operation of KC–46 aircraft— 24
51	51	(1) before the completion of the training re-25
52	52	quired by subsection (a)(2), authorize the participa-26
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56	56	tion of such members of the air force of Israel in the 1
57	57	United States Air Force Military Personnel Ex-2
58	58	change Program; 3
59	59	(2) make the United States Air Force Military 4
60	60	Personnel Exchange Program available to such 5
61	61	members of the air force of Israel; and 6
62	62	(3) to the extent practicable, ensure that such 7
63	63	members of the air force of Israel may participate 8
64	64	in the United States Air Force Military Personnel 9
65	65	Exchange Program immediately after such members 10
66	66	complete such training. 11
67	67	(c) T
68	68	ERMINATION.—This section shall cease to have 12
69	69	effect on the date that is ten years after the date of the 13
70	70	enactment of this Act. 14
71	71	SEC. 3. FORWARD DEPLOYMENT OF UNITED STATES KC–46 15
72	72	AIRCRAFT TO ISRAEL. 16
73	73	(a) R
74	74	EPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date 17
75	75	of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 18
76	76	shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 19
77	77	Senate and the House of Representatives a report that 20
78	78	describes the capacity of and requirements for the United 21
79	79	States Air Force to forward deploy KC–46 aircraft to 22
80	80	Israel on a rotational basis until the date on which not 23
81	81	fewer than four KC–46 aircraft procured by the military 24
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85	85	forces of Israel are commissioned into such military forces 1
86	86	and achieve full combat capability. 2
87	87	(b) R
88	88	OTATIONALFORCES.— 3
89	89	(1) I
90	90	N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 4
91	91	the Secretary of Defense shall rotationally deploy 5
92	92	one or more KC–46 aircraft to Israel until the ear-6
93	93	lier of— 7
94	94	(A) the date on which a KC–46 aircraft 8
95	95	procured by the military forces of Israel is com-9
96	96	missioned into such military forces and achieves 10
97	97	full combat capability; or 11
98	98	(B) five years after the date of the enact-12
99	99	ment of this Act. 13
100	100	(2) D
101	101	ESCRIPTION.—The one or more KC–46 14
102	102	aircraft deployed under paragraph (1)— 15
103	103	(A) may vary in size and number, as the 16
104	104	Secretary of Defense considers appropriate; and 17
105	105	(B) beginning in the year that is one year 18
106	106	after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 19
107	107	in each year thereafter until the applicable date 20
108	108	described in that paragraph, shall remain in 21
109	109	Israel for a period not less than 270 days. 22
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