[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 93 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3262]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2368. Mr. HOEVEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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. 1650. REPORT ON DEVELOPMENT OF LONG-RANGE STAND-OFF 
                   WEAPON.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter 
     until December 31, 2024, the Secretary of the Air Force 
     shall, in coordination with the Administrator for Nuclear 
     Security, submit to the congressional defense committees a 
     report describing the joint development of the long-range 
     stand-off weapon, including the missile developed by the Air 
     Force and the W80-4 warhead life extension program conducted 
     by the National Nuclear Security Administration.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) An estimate of the date on which the long-range stand-
     off weapon will reach initial operating capability.
       (2) A description of any development milestones for the 
     missile developed by the Air Force or the warhead developed 
     by the National Nuclear Security Administration that depend 
     on corresponding progress at the other agency.
       (3) A description of coordination efforts between the Air 
     Force and the National Nuclear Security Administration during 
     the 180 days preceding submission of the report.
       (4) A description of any schedule delays projected by the 
     Air Force or the National Nuclear Security Administration and 
     the anticipated effect such delays would have on the other 
     agency's schedule of work.
       (5) Plans to mitigate the effects of any delays described 
     in paragraph (4).
       (6) A description of any ways, including through the 
     availability of additional funding or authorities, in which 
     the development milestones described in paragraph (2) or the 
     estimated date of initial operating capability referred to in 
     paragraph (1), could be achieved more quickly.
       (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
     annex.
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