[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3709]
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  SA 702. Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Heinrich) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by 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 B of title XXXI, add the following:

     SEC. 3116. MODIFICATION TO CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO 
                   PLUTONIUM PIT PRODUCTION CAPACITY.

       (a) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that--
       (1) rebuilding a robust plutonium pit production 
     infrastructure with a capacity of up to 80 pits per year is 
     critical to maintaining the viability of the nuclear 
     stockpile;
       (2) that effort will require cooperation from experts 
     across the nuclear security enterprise; and
       (3) any further delay to achieving a plutonium sustainment 
     capability to support the planned stockpile life extension 
     programs will result in an unacceptable capability gap to our 
     deterrent posture.
       (b) Modification to Requirements.--Section 4219 of the 
     Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2538a) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (5) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(5) during 2030, produces not less than 80 war reserve 
     plutonium pits.'';
       (2) by striking subsection (b);
       (3) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections 
     (b) and (c), respectively;
       (4) in subsection (b), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by 
     striking ``2027 (or, if the authority under subsection (b) is 
     exercised, 2029)'' and inserting ``2030''; and
       (5) in subsection (c), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by 
     striking ``subsection (c)'' and inserting ``subsection (b)''.
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