[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3717]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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