[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3303-S3304]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4247. Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. Hoeven, and Mr. Tester) 
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, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 1655. EXPEDITED DECISION WITH RESPECT TO SECURING LAND-
                   BASED MISSILE FIELDS.

       To mitigate any risk posed to the nuclear forces of the 
     United States by the failure to replace the UH-1N helicopter, 
     the Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the 
     Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff--
       (1) decide if the land-based missile fields using UH-1N 
     helicopters meet security requirements and if there are any 
     shortfalls or gaps in meeting such requirements;
       (2) not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, submit to Congress a report on the decision 
     relating to a request for forces required by paragraph (1); 
     and
       (3) if the Chairman determines the implementation of the 
     decision to be warranted to mitigate any risk posed to the 
     nuclear forces of the United States--
       (A) not later than 60 days after such date of enactment, 
     implement that decision; or
       (B) if the Secretary cannot implement that decision during 
     the period specified in subparagraph (A), not later than 45 
     days after such date of enactment, submit to Congress a 
     report that includes a proposal for the date

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     by which the Secretary can implement that decision and a plan 
     to carry out that proposal.
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