Mark Warner: “Section 133 bars the Air Force from executing a contract for the multiyear purchase of aircraft specified under Section…”

“Section 133 bars the Air Force from executing a contract for the multiyear purchase of aircraft specified under Section 8159, that is, general purpose Boeing 767 aircraft that would be modified as an aerial refueling aircraft. Section 8159 would have precluded full and open competition. This means that, under Section 133, the Air Force may not acquire, either by lease or purchase, Boeing 767s without full and open competition. In other words, any program to acquire tankers must start from the beginning, as the Senator properly stated last year, on a traditional budget, procurement, and authorization track.”