A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to modernize C-130 aircraft using alternative communication, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic management program kits and to ensure that such aircraft meet applicable regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

S.2758 through Congress

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SenateJul 31, 2014IntroducedOfficial record

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Related House bill: H.R.5119 To authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to modernize C-130 aircraft using alternative communication, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic management program kits and to ensure that such aircraft meet applicable regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration.

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Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jul 31, 2014

Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force, for purposes of modernizing the C-130 aircraft fleet, to install alternative communication, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic management program kits in lieu of C-130 aircraft avionics modernization program kits if the Secretary determines, on a case-by-case basis, that such alternative program is appropriate and notifies Congress of such determination.

Requires the Secretary to ensure that all C-130 aircraft are capable of meeting applicable regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) by January 1, 2020.

Authorizes the Secretary to use amounts made available for FY2013 or FY2014 for the Air Force for the C-130 aircraft avionics modernization program that remain available for obligation to carry out this Act.

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People & committees

Who introduced it

Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · D–MT

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Armed Services Committee

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Jul 31, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Jul 31, 2014
Introduced in Senate

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HR 5119 · To authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to modernize C-130 aircraft using alternative communication, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic management program kits and to ensure that such aircraft meet applicable regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration.

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Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2758

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Discuss S.2758, 113th Congress: A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to modernize C-130 aircraft using alternative communication, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic management program kits and to ensure that such aircraft meet applicable regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2758

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2014-07-31.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s2758/BILLS-113s2758is.htm

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Discuss S.2758, 113th Congress: A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to modernize C-130 aircraft using alternative communication, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic management program kits and to ensure that such aircraft meet applicable regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2758

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2014-07-31.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s2758/BILLS-113s2758is.htm

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Discuss S.2758, 113th Congress: A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to modernize C-130 aircraft using alternative communication, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic management program kits and to ensure that such aircraft meet applicable regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2758

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2014-07-31.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s2758/BILLS-113s2758is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

Examine S.2758 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.