[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 146 (Monday, September 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5136]
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  SA 885. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. SAFING UNITED STATES INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC 
                   MISSILE FLEET.

       The Secretary of Defense shall take United States ground-
     based intercontinental ballistic missiles off high alert to 
     eliminate the risk of an accidental or unauthorized launch, 
     and to prevent an intentional launch, in response to an event 
     mistakenly interpreted as an incoming attack, by turning a 
     key in a control switch to isolate the missiles from outside 
     launch signals (commonly referred to as ``safing'').
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