[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 144 (Thursday, September 7, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5065]
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  SA 821. Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Mr. Donnelly) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2810, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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. 1641. REPORT ON INTEGRATION OF MODERNIZATION AND 
                   SUSTAINMENT OF NUCLEAR TRIAD.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) On January 27, 2017, President Donald Trump issued a 
     Presidential Memorandum on Rebuilding the United States Armed 
     Forces, which emphasized the need for a ``modern, robust, 
     flexible, resilient, ready, and appropriately tailored'' 
     nuclear deterrent.
       (2) On January 31, 2017, Secretary of Defense James Mattis 
     issued a memorandum entitled ``Implementation Guidance for 
     Budget Directives in the National Security Presidential 
     Memorandum on Rebuilding the U.S. Armed Forces'', which 
     called for ``an ambitious reform agenda, which will include 
     horizontal integration across DoD components to improve 
     efficiency and take advantage of economies of scale''.
       (b) Report Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for 
     Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (or a successor in the 
     Office of the Secretary of Defense with responsibility for 
     acquisition programs), in coordination with the Secretary of 
     the Navy and the Secretary of the Air Force, shall submit to 
     the congressional defense committees a report on the 
     potential to achieve greater efficiency by integrating 
     elements of acquisition programs related to the modernization 
     and sustainment of the nuclear triad.
       (2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall, 
     at a minimum--
       (A) identify any opportunities for improved efficiency in 
     program management, cost, and schedule to be created by 
     increasing integration, co-location, and commonality between 
     the strategic deterrent programs and their systems, 
     subsystems, technologies, and engineering processes; and
       (B) identify any risks to program management, cost, and 
     schedule, as well as mission and capability, created by the 
     opportunities identified under subparagraph (A).
       (3) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
     submitted in classified form, but with an unclassified 
     summary.
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