Develop a modernization strategy that maintains legacy military assets through their expected service life.

Finally, we need to develop a modernization strategy that provides for our ability to maintain legacy assets through their expected service life.

Bergman called for developing a modernization strategy that keeps legacy military assets maintained through their expected service lives.

Bergman: America Must Rebuild Readiness by Maintaining the Force We Already Own | House Armed Services Committee
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Congress.gov lists Jack Bergman as Representative for Michigan's 1st District from the 115th through 119th Congresses and shows substantial activity in Armed Forces and National Security matters, including House Armed Services-related activity.

Establishes that Bergman entered the relevant federal office in January 2017 and had a legislative role in defense policy after the campaign promise.

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Representative Jack Bergman | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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The House Clerk profile lists Jack Bergman, Michigan 1st District, Republican, and shows committee assignments including Committee on Armed Services, with Readiness and Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittees in the current profile.

Shows Bergman served in the congressional committee structure directly relevant to military readiness, sustainment, and modernization oversight.

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Office of the Clerk Member Profile: Jack Bergman
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On July 14, 2017, the House voted on passage of H.R. 2810, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018. The measure passed 344-81, and Bergman is recorded as voting Aye.

Bergman voted for the FY2018 NDAA that carried defense authorization, modernization, sustainment, and strategy provisions during his first House term.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, Roll Call 378, H.R. 2810, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018
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Congress.gov records H.R. 2810 as becoming Public Law 115-91 on December 12, 2017. Its summary states that the act authorized FY2018 appropriations for procurement, research and development, test and evaluation, and operation and maintenance, and set defense acquisition and policy provisions.

The enacted FY2018 NDAA funded and structured multiple defense modernization and sustainment accounts, but this alone does not prove a complete legacy-asset service-life strategy was delivered.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.2810 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 | Congress.gov
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The Congress.gov summary of Public Law 115-91 states: Section 1061 required the Army to develop a modernization strategy for the total Army; Section 113 limited M113 vehicle upgrade funding until the Army reported on its upgrade strategy; and Section 1426 required updates and modernizations before excess HMMWVs were transferred abroad.

This is the strongest official evidence of concrete action matching the promise: a law Bergman supported required an Army modernization strategy and included legacy-vehicle upgrade safeguards. It supports partial fulfillment because it is Army-focused, not a complete all-service legacy asset strategy.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.2810 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 | Congress.gov
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The 2019 Army Modernization Strategy describes how the Total Army would transform into a multi-domain force by 2035 and organizes modernization around priority capabilities and implementation through Army Futures Command and related modernization structures.

Shows that a formal Army modernization strategy was developed after the FY2018 NDAA mandate. It helps fulfill the strategy-development part of the promise, but available evidence does not show a comprehensive plan to maintain all legacy military assets through expected service life.

partial later_term A for effort

2019 Army Modernization Strategy
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