[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 146 (Monday, September 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5147]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 921. Mr. McCAIN (for Mr. Rubio) submitted an amendment intended to 
be proposed by Mr. McCain 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 in title II, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT SEA-BASED TESTING OF THE 
                   ELECTROMAGNETIC RAILGUN IN THE JOINT GULF RANGE 
                   COMPLEX.

       (a) Authority to Carry Out Test.--Subject to subsection 
     (b), the Secretary of the Navy may carry out integration 
     testing and test-firing of the electromagnetic railgun using 
     an existing Navy surface vessel as the Secretary identifies 
     as necessary for the advancement of naval weaponry.
       (b) Requirement Relating to Testing.--The Secretary may not 
     carry out testing under subsection (a) until the Secretary--
       (1) identifies a Large Surface Combatant deemed to be 
     decommissioned within Fiscal Year 2018 to be used as a test 
     platform; and
       (2) completes a study on using the Joint Gulf Range Complex 
     as a test environment.
       (c) Test Authority.--This section may not be construed or 
     interpreted as an authorization for the Secretary to commence 
     or proceed the decommissioning of a Large Surface Combatant 
     or to utilize any test environment other than the Joint Gulf 
     Range Complex.
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