[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3417-S3418]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 346. Mr. HOEVEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by

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him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 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, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 16__. ANNUAL REPORT ON DEVELOPMENT OF GROUND-BASED 
                   STRATEGIC DETERRENT WEAPON.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than February 15, 2020, and 
     annually thereafter until the date on which the ground-based 
     strategic deterrent weapon receives Milestone C approval (as 
     defined in section 2366 of title 10, United States Code), the 
     Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the 
     Administrator for Nuclear Security and the Chairman of the 
     Nuclear Weapons Council, shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report describing the joint development 
     of the ground-based strategic deterrent weapon, including the 
     missile developed by the Air Force and the W87-1 warhead 
     modification 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 ground-based 
     strategic deterrent 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 year preceding submission of the report.
       (4) A description of any schedule delays projected by the 
     Air Force or the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
     including delays related to infrastructure capacity and 
     subcomponent production, and the anticipated effect such 
     delays would have on the schedule of work of the other 
     agency.
       (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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