OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AIRLIFT AIRCRAFT FLEET.

SEC. 1086. OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AIRLIFT AIRCRAFT FLEET. (a) Submittal of JCS Report on Aircraft.—Not later than February 1, 1996, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress the report that, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, is in preparation by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on operational support airlift aircraft. (b) Content of Report.— (1) The report referred to in subsection (a) shall contain findings and recommendations on the following: (A) Requirements for the modernization and safety of the operational support airlift aircraft fleet. (B) The disposition of aircraft that would be excess to that fleet upon fulfillment of the requirements referred to in subparagraph (A). (C) Plans and requirements for the standardization of the fleet, including plans and requirements for the provision of a single manager for all logistical support and operational requirements. (D) Central scheduling of all operational support airlift aircraft. 110 STAT. 458 (E) Needs of the Department for helicopter support in the National Capital Region, including the acceptable uses of that support. (2) In preparing the report, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall take into account the recommendation of the Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces to reduce the size of the operational support airlift aircraft fleet. (c) Regulations.— (1) Upon completion of the report referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary shall prescribe regulations, consistent with the findings and recommendations set forth in the report, for the operation, maintenance, disposition, and use of operational support airlift aircraft. (2) The regulations shall, to the maximum extent practicable, provide for, and encourage the use of, commercial airlines in lieu of the use of such aircraft. (3) The regulations shall apply uniformly throughout the Department. (4) The regulations shall not require exclusive use of such aircraft for any particular class of government personnel. (d) Reductions in Flying Hours.— (1) The Secretary shall ensure that the number of hours flown during fiscal year 1996 by operational support airlift aircraft does not exceed the number equal to 85 percent of the number of hours flown during fiscal year 1995 by operational support airlift aircraft. (2) The Secretary should ensure that the number of hours flown in the National Capital Region during fiscal year 1996 by helicopters of the operational support airlift aircraft fleet does not exceed the number equal to 85 percent of the number of hours flown in the National Capital Region during fiscal year 1995 by helicopters of the operational support airlift aircraft fleet. (e) Restriction on Availability of Funds.— Of the funds appropriated pursuant to section 301 for the operation and use of operational support airlift aircraft, not more than 50 percent is available for obligation until the Secretary submits to Congress the report referred to in subsection (a). (f) Definitions.— In this section: (1) The term “operational support airlift aircraft” means aircraft of the Department of Defense designated within the Department as operational support airlift aircraft. (2) The term “National Capital Region” has the meaning given such term in section 2674(f)(2) of title 10, United States Code.