[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3696-S3697]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1523. Mr. MARKEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to 
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 120. UPDATE OF COST ESTIMATES FOR SSBN(X) SUBMARINE 
                   PROGRAM ALTERNATIVES.

       (a) Report on Update Required.--
       (1) In general.--(A) Not later than March 31, 2016, the 
     Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report setting forth an update of the 
     cost estimates prepared under subsection (a)(1) section 242 
     of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2012 (Public Law 112-81; 125 Stat. 1343) for each option 
     considered under subsection (b) of that section for purposes 
     of the report under that section on

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     the Ohio-class replacement ballistic missile submarine.
       (B) The update shall specify how the cost updates account 
     for differences in survivability, targeting responsiveness 
     and flexibility, responsiveness to future threats, and other 
     matters the Secretary considers important in comparing the 
     options.
       (2) Form.--Each updated cost estimate in the report under 
     paragraph (1) shall be submitted in an unclassified form that 
     may be made available to the public. Other information from 
     the update may be submitted in classified form.
       (b) Comptroller General Report.--Not later than 90 days 
     after the date of the submittal under subsection (a) of the 
     report required by that subsection, the Comptroller General 
     of the United States shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report setting forth an assessment by 
     the Comptroller General of the accuracy of the updated cost 
     estimates in the report under subsection (a).
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