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119-s-3381119th Congress

A bill to require coordination of depot-level maintenance in multinational exercises conducted by the Air Force.

Sponsored By: Senator Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]

Introduced

Summary

Incorporate depot-level maintenance coordination into multinational Indo-Pacific exercises so the United States and allies can plan shared repairs, keep munitions flowing, and practice emergency sustainment in contested logistics environments. This bill would also require a follow-up report on lessons learned with the Republic of Korea and Australia within one year.

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  • Forces and logistics planners: Would build depot-level maintenance and repair into at least one annual exercise in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of operations, including exercises on minimizing transport, mutual airworthiness recognition, and realtime munitions coordination.
  • Allies and partner industry: Would produce a Congress report on candidate systems for co-sustainment, depot repair workload opportunities, and ways to involve Korean and Australian industry or public-private partnerships.
  • Legal and supply-chain teams: Would identify potential barriers such as intellectual property, data-rights issues, and International Traffic in Arms Regulations that could block shared maintenance or parts flow.

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Air Force Indo-Pacific depot exercises

This bill would require the Secretary of the Air Force to include depot-level maintenance in at least one multinational Indo-Pacific exercise each year. Exercises would include planning to reduce transport needs, real-time coordination of munitions and resupply routes, mutual recognition of maintenance and airworthiness certificates, and emergency tabletop drills for contested logistics. The Secretary would coordinate with INDOPACOM, Pacific Air Forces, Air Mobility Command, and the Air Force Sustainment Center. The bill would define covered nations as Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, and the United Kingdom, and let the Secretary add others. It would define ITAR as subchapter M of chapter I of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations. Within one year of enactment, the Secretary would report to Congress on lessons learned with the Republic of Korea and the Commonwealth of Australia, listing candidate co-sustainment systems, depot repair opportunities, industry partnership options, logistical and IP or ITAR impediments, and recommendations to ease partnerships.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]

AZ • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]

    OK • R

    Sponsored 12/8/2025

  • Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-UT]

    UT • R

    Sponsored 12/8/2025

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