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

  SA 4200. 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 D of title XVI, add the following:

     SEC. 1655. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS RELATING TO REDUCING 
                   THE ALERTNESS LEVEL OR NUMBER OF 
                   INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES.

       (a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 
     obligated or expended to reduce, or to prepare to reduce--
       (1) the responsiveness or alert level of the 
     intercontinental ballistic missiles of the United States; or
       (2) the number of deployed intercontinental ballistic 
     missiles of the United States to a number that is less than 
     400.
       (b) Exceptions.--The prohibition under subsection (a) shall 
     not apply with respect to--
       (1) activities relating to--
       (A) the maintenance or sustainment of intercontinental 
     ballistic missiles; or
       (B) ensuring the safety, security, or reliability of 
     intercontinental ballistic missiles; or
       (2) reductions in the number of deployed intercontinental 
     ballistic missiles that are carried out to comply with 
     limitations imposed under--
       (A) the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and 
     Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed on April 8, 
     2010, and entered into force on February 5, 2011, between the 
     United States and the Russian Federation (commonly known as 
     the ``New START Treaty''); or
       (B) any Act authorizing appropriations for the military 
     activities of the Department of Defense or for defense 
     activities of the Department of Energy that is enacted before 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.
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