[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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