[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 542 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 542

To reduce the number of Trident ballistic missile submarines subject to 
  a statutory limitation on retirement or dismantlement of strategic 
    nuclear delivery systems and to provide that any funds saved by 
 retiring such submarines should be used for national missile defense 
                               programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 3, 1999

  Mr. Foley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To reduce the number of Trident ballistic missile submarines subject to 
  a statutory limitation on retirement or dismantlement of strategic 
    nuclear delivery systems and to provide that any funds saved by 
 retiring such submarines should be used for national missile defense 
                               programs.

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

SECTION 1. REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF TRIDENT BALLISTIC MISSILE 
              SUBMARINES SUBJECT TO A STATUTORY LIMITATION ON 
              RETIREMENT OR DISMANTLEMENT OF STRATEGIC NUCLEAR DELIVERY 
              SYSTEMS.

    Section 1302(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 1948) is amended by 
striking ``18'' and inserting ``14''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON USE OF AMOUNTS SAVED BY REASON OF 
              RETIREMENT OF FOUR TRIDENT BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINES.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that, if the 
Secretary of the Navy should reduce the number of operational Trident 
ballistic missile submarines from the current 18 to 14, then the amount 
otherwise programmed for national missile defense programs for any 
fiscal year after such reduction should be increased by the amount 
saved during that fiscal year by reason of such reduction.
    (b) Amounts To Be Included as Savings.--In determining the amount 
saved by reason of a reduction in operational Trident submarines 
described in subsection (a), there shall be included amounts saved due 
to the submarines taken out of service not being backfitted to carry D-
5 missiles or refueled and otherwise modernized and amounts saved by 
reason of D-5 missiles for those submarines not being procured.
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