[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3717]
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SA 2763. Mr. MARKEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain)
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 E of title XVI, add the following:
SEC. ____. REPORT ON BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Secretary of Defense is conducting a ballistic
missile defense review that will assess the capabilities and
requirements for homeland, regional, and theater missile
defense.
(2) This review will have significant implications for
national security and potentially on resource prioritization
and requirements.
(3) The review was initially expected to have been
completed by January but has been delayed several months due
to revisions and has not yet been submitted to Congress.
(b) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a report on ballistic
missile defense that addresses the implications for planned
programs of record, costs and resource prioritization, and
strategic stability.
(c) CBO Report on Costs Relating to Ballistic, Cruise, and
Hypersonic Defenses of the United States.--
(1) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Congressional
Budget Office shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report setting forth the following:
(A) An estimate of the costs over the 10-year period
beginning on the date of the report associated with--
(i) fielding and maintaining the current and planned
ballistic, cruise, and hypersonic defenses of the United
States; and
(ii) implementing any new recommendations of the Ballistic
Missile Defense Review with regard to ballistic, cruise, and
hypersonic defenses.
(B) An estimate of the costs to design, launch, maintain,
and operate space-based sensors and interceptors of different
constellation sizes ranging from limited to comprehensive.
(2) Form.--The report under subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
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