[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3713]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1567. Ms. AYOTTE (for herself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Inhofe, and Mrs. 
Fischer) 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:

       Beginning on page 728, strike line 12 and all that follows 
     through page 729, line 8, and insert the following:

     SEC. 1643. AIR DEFENSE CAPABILITY AT NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY 
                   ORGANIZATION MISSILE DEFENSE SITES.

       (a) Determination and Notification.--Not later than 30 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall--
       (1) determine whether the Aegis Ashore site in Romania and 
     the site to be deployed in the Republic of Poland are capable 
     of defending United States and allied personnel deployed at 
     such sites from air warfare threats, including cruise 
     missiles; and
       (2) submit to the congressional defense committees notice 
     of such determination.
       (b) Plan.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), if 
     the Secretary determines pursuant to subsection (a)(1) that 
     the Aegis Ashore sites described in such subsection are not 
     capable of defending as described in such subsection, the 
     Secretary shall--
       (A) submit to the congressional defense committees, along 
     with the annual budget request submitted to Congress under 
     section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 
     2017, a plan to ensure that such sites have, by not later 
     than December 31, 2018, anti-air warfare capability that is 
     capable of defending as described in such subsection; and
       (B) ensure that, not later than December 31, 2018, both 
     sites described in such subsection have the capability 
     described in such subsection.
       (2) Elements.--The plan submitted under paragraph (1)(A) 
     shall include a descriptions of the contributions that the 
     Secretary anticipates from the North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization and members of such organization to ensure the 
     sites described in subsection (a)(1) have anti-air warfare 
     capability that is capable of defending as described in such 
     subsection.
       (3) Delay of implementation.--The Secretary may delay the 
     requirement in paragraph (1)(B) if the Director of the 
     Missile Defense Agency submits to the congressional defense 
     committees a certification in writing that such delay is 
     necessary to ensure initial operational capability of the 
     ballistic missile defense system at such sites in accordance 
     with the timeline in the 2010 Ballistic Missile Defense 
     Review.
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