[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 90 (Monday, June 8, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3884]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1864. Mr. RUBIO 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, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, 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 C of title XVI, add the following:

     SEC. 1637. PROHIBITION ON REDUCTION IN INTERCONTINENTAL 
                   BALLISTIC MISSILE ALERT STATUS.

       (a) Prohibition.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the 
     Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016 may be obligated 
     or expended for reducing, or preparing to reduce, the 
     responsiveness or alert level of the intercontinental 
     ballistic missiles of the United States.
       (b) Exceptions.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the 
     following activities:
       (1) Maintenance or sustainment of intercontinental 
     ballistic missiles.
       (2) Ensuring the safety, security, or reliability of 
     intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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