HEAVY BOMBER FORCE REQUIREMENTS.

SEC. 133. HEAVY BOMBER FORCE REQUIREMENTS. (a) Requirements Study.— The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a study of bomber force requirements of the Department of Defense. The Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study not later than April 15, 1995. The study shall address, for each of the target years 1998, 2006, and 2014, the following: (1) Realistic alternative mixes of bombers constituting the bomber force and whether, for each of the alternative mixes, the bomber force so produced can meet well-defined national security requirements. (2) The incremental levels of munitions requirements, bomber upgrade requirements, and other support requirements for implementation of each of the alternative mixes. (3) The cost of implementation, affordability of implementation, and time required for implementation of each of the alternative mixes. (4) The sensitivity to small changes in assumptions of the capabilities of the bomber force produced by each of the alternative mixes to meet mission requirements. (b) Further Alternative Strategies.— If the Secretary determines in the study carried out under subsection (a) that the bomber force capabilities are not adequate to meet requirements for any of the target years considered, the Secretary shall undertake a further study to examine alternative strategies for increasing bomber force capabilities. As part of such examination, the Secretary shall do the following: (1) Determine those core bomber industrial capabilities that are needed to maintain the ability to design, develop, and produce bomber aircraft in the near-term and in the long-term and that— (A) would take extended periods of time or substantial expense to regenerate; and (B) are in imminent danger of being lost. (2) For each strategy examined— (A) estimate the cost of implementing the strategy; 108 STAT. 2688 (B) make a judgment about the affordability of the strategy; and (C) assess the time required to implement the strategy. (c) Second Report.— If the Secretary carries out a study as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study carried out under subsection (b) not later than July 1, 1995. The Secretary shall include in such report the Secretary’s recommendations for assuring the availability of bomber force capabilities required in the future. (d) Enhanced Bomber Capability Fund.— (1) Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 103 for procurement of aircraft for the Air Force, not more than $125,000,000 is available for an Enhanced Bomber Capability Fund. (2) Pending the completion of the studies required by subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary may obligate up to $100,000,000 of the amount in such fund— (A) for those studies; and (B) for the purpose of preserving those parts of the core capabilities referred to in subsection (b)(1). (3) If, as a result of the study carried out under subsection (b), the Secretary determines that a new-generation bomber is needed to meet the national security requirements for bombers, the Secretary may obligate up to $25,000,000 of the amount in such fund for requirements formulation and conceptual studies for a conventional-conflict-oriented lower-cost next-generation bomber. (e) Limitation on Fund.— None of the amount available for the Enhanced Bomber Capability Fund may be obligated for advance procurement of new B–2 aircraft (including long-lead items). (f) Bomber Defined.— For purposes of this section, the term “bombers” means the B–52, B–1, and B–2 aircraft and other bomber aircraft that are developed after the enactment of this Act with similar range and payload characteristics.