[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 83 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3209-S3210]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4195. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 I, add the following:

     SEC. 128. TICONDEROGA-CLASS GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER 
                   REPLACEMENT.

       (a) In General.--Not later than March 1, 2017, the Chief of 
     Naval Operations shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees a report on any elements under subsection (b) 
     regarding the TICONDEROGA-class guided missile cruiser 
     replacement that were not covered in the studies of fleet 
     platform architectures directed in section 1067 of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 
     (Public Law 114-92; 129 Stat. 991).
       (b) Elements.--The elements referred to in subsection (a) 
     are as follows:
       (1) Shipbuilding or other modernization options to meet or 
     exceed the air defense commander capabilities of TICONDEROGA-
     class guided missile cruisers, such that there is no loss in 
     capability as TICONDEROGA-class guided missile cruisers 
     decommission.
       (2) Options to alter the physical dimensions of Mark 41 
     vertical launching system cells to accommodate different 
     weapons, as compared to the TICONDEROGA-class cruisers.
       (3) Options to maintain or expand the number of vertical 
     launching system cells available in the fleet, as 
     TICONDEROGA-class cruisers decommission.
       (4) Options to allow the Navy to reload vertical launching 
     system cells at sea.
       (5) Description of findings from the studies of fleet 
     platform architectures that were incorporated in the budget 
     of the President submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) 
     of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2018.

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