[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 24, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3262]
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SA 1763. Mr. HOEVEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 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 C of title XVI, add the following:
SEC. 1656. REPORT ON ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE HARDENING OF
GROUND-BASED STRATEGIC DETERRENT WEAPONS
SYSTEM.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air
Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees a
report on establishing requirements and protocols to ensure
that the ground-based strategic deterrent weapons system is
hardened against electromagnetic pulses.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include a description of the following:
(1) The testing protocols the ground-based strategic
deterrent program will use for electromagnetic pulse testing.
(2) How requirements for electromagnetic pulse hardness
will be integrated into the ground-based strategic deterrent
program.
(3) Plans for electromagnetic pulse verification tests of
the ground-based strategic deterrent weapons system.
(4) Plans for electromagnetic pulse testing of nonmissile
components of the ground-based strategic deterrent weapons
system.
(5) Plans to sustain electromagnetic pulse qualification of
the ground-based strategic deterrent weapons system.
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