[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 7, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3550]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4457. Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Markey) 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. PLAN TO MODERNIZE THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE.

       Section 1043(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81; 125 Stat. 1576), 
     as most recently amended by section 1643 of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 
     113-291; 128 Stat. 3650), is further amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as subparagraph (I); 
     and
       (2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following new 
     subparagraph:
       ``(G) A detailed description of the plan to modernize the 
     nuclear weapons stockpile of the United States, including an 
     estimate of the costs (including estimated cost ranges if 
     necessary), during the 25-year period following the date of 
     the report to implement planned programs to modernize and 
     sustain all elements of the nuclear security enterprise, 
     including the estimated life cycle costs of modernization 
     programs planned and or in the planning stages as of the date 
     of the report. Such estimates shall include the costs of 
     research and development and production relating to nuclear 
     weapons that are being replaced, modernized, or sustained, 
     including with respect to--
       ``(i) associated delivery systems or platforms that carry 
     nuclear weapons;
       ``(ii) nuclear command and control systems; and
       ``(iii) facilities, infrastructure, and critical skills.''.
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