119-hr4812

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4812 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4812

 To direct the Secretary of the Air Force to incorporate certain 
elements regarding depot-level maintenance coordination in at least one 
 multinational exercise conducted in the area of operations of the 
 United States Indo-Pacific Command, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 July 29, 2025

 Mr. Moore of Utah (for himself, Ms. Tokuda, and Mr. Jackson of Texas) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Armed Services

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 A BILL

 To direct the Secretary of the Air Force to incorporate certain 
elements regarding depot-level maintenance coordination in at least one 
 multinational exercise conducted in the area of operations of the 
 United States Indo-Pacific Command, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DEPOT-LEVEL MAINTENANCE COORDINATION IN MULTINATIONAL 
 EXERCISES.

    (a) In General.--Each year, 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--

    (1) depot-level maintenance, repair, and sustainment 
 considerations, including binational or multinational planning 
 sessions with covered nations on--
        (A) 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 the necessary joint capabilities;
        (B) facilitating real-time coordination between the 
 United States and covered nations to maintain munitions 
 stock levels and resupply routes in the such area of 
 operations;
            (C) mutual recognition of airworthiness and 
 maintenance certification between the United States and 
 covered nations; and
            (D) emergency tabletop exercises, such as when an 
 aircraft of a covered nation breaks down on United 
 States territory, and vice versa, in a contested 
 logistics environment; and

    (2) coordination with the Air Force Sustainment Center, 
 including the participation of representatives of--
        (A) the United States Indo-Pacific Command;
        (B) United States Air Force Pacific;
            (C) United States Air Mobility Command; and
            (D) the Air Force Sustainment Center.

    (b) Report.--Not later than 12 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, 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

    (a) with respect to the Republic 
of Korea and the Commonwealth of Australia. Such report shall include 
each of the following:

    (1) A list of candidate systems for co-sustainment with 
 Korea and Australia.

    (2) A list of depot-level repair workload opportunities to 
 undertake with Korea and Australia, including testing equipment 
 or line replaceable units.

    (3) Opportunities to incorporate Korean and Australian 
 industry partners in depot-level maintenance repair activities, 
 including through public-private partnerships.

    (4) An identification of any potential logistical 
 challenges that could arise with the host country, including 
 with respect to workforce, housing, and location of workload.

    (5) 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 named partner 
 countries.

    (6) An identification of any potential impediments related 
 to International Traffic in Arms Regulations and related 
 statutes.

    (7) Any additional recommendations to Congress that would 
 ease the facilitation of depot-level maintenance repair 
 partnerships with Korea and Australia, including changes to 
 existing status of forces agreements.

    (8) An analysis of current maintenance and repair 
 capabilities and gaps in the organic industrial base of Korea 
 and Australia.

    (9) An assessment of the types of maintenance and repair 
 activities (depot-level, preventative, corrective) that may be 
 most appropriate for partnership with Korea and Australia.

    (10) An assessment of how partnerships may contribute to 
 allied contingency operations, interoperability, and regional 
 posture resilience in the Indo-Pacific region.

    (11) A consideration of planning factors related to the Air 
 Force's evolving force generation models, future-generation 
 aircraft programs, deployment schedules, statutory maintenance 
 thresholds, and other relevant operational requirements.
            (c) Covered Nation Defined.--In this section, the term ``covered 
nation'' means any of the following:

    (1) The Commonwealth of Australia.

    (2) Canada.

    (3) Japan.

    (4) New Zealand.

    (5) The Republic of Korea.

    (6) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 
 Ireland.

    (7) Any other nation as designated as a covered nation for 
 the purposes of this section by the Secretary of the Air Force.
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