TREATMENT OF EXCESS OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AIRLIFT AIRCRAFT.

SEC. 1072. TREATMENT OF EXCESS OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AIRLIFT AIRCRAFT. (a) Reutilization or Sale Before Transfer.— An operational support airlift aircraft that is excess to the requirements of the United States shall be placed in an inactive status and stored at DavisMonthan Air Force Base, Arizona, only upon the determination of the Secretary of Defense that all reasonable efforts for the reutilization of the aircraft by, or sale of the aircraft to, Federal agencies or other persons have been completed. The Secretary shall ensure that attempts to reutilize or sell the entire aircraft are given precedence over any reutilization or sale of individual parts or components of the aircraft. (b) Operational Support Airlift Aircraft Defined.— In this section, the term “operational support airlift aircraft” has the meaning given such term in section 1086(f) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104–106; 110 Stat. 458).