[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 88 (Monday, June 6, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3442]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4399. Mr. DAINES (for himself 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, add the following:

     SEC. 1655. UPGRADES TO THE NUCLEAR COMMAND, CONTROL, AND 
                   COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     upgrading the nuclear command, control, and communications 
     system is essential to maintaining a secure nuclear 
     stockpile.
       (b) Availability of Funds.--The Secretary of Defense may 
     use funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act and 
     available for upgrades to the nuclear command, control, and 
     communications system to ensure high quality cybersecurity 
     and to expedite modernization of communications that travel 
     over leased telephone lines.
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