[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 19, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S2790]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1525. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to 
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the 
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub 
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, 
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to 
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title II of division C, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 3236. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON MODERNIZATION OF NUCLEAR 
                   TRIAD.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the modernization of land-based intercontinental 
     ballistic missiles, ballistic missile submarines, and 
     nuclear-capable heavy bomber aircraft is essential to the 
     success of any arms control efforts with the People's 
     Republic of China;
       (2) the bipartisan consensus on the modernization of the 
     nuclear triad was essential to the ratification of the Treaty 
     between the United States of America and the Russian 
     Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and 
     Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed April 8, 2010, 
     and entered into force February 5, 2011 (commonly known as 
     the ``New START Treaty'');
       (3) continued support for modernization of the triad will 
     be a necessary consideration during ratification of any 
     future arms control treaty with the People's Republic of 
     China; and
       (4) the modernization of the United States nuclear triad is 
     a critical priority as the Russian Federation and the 
     People's Republic of China continue to advance and modernize 
     their nuclear forces.
       (b) Statement of Policy.--It is policy of the United 
     States--
       (1) to advance United States strategic defensive 
     capabilities both quantitatively and qualitatively;
       (2) to ensure the safety, reliability, and performance of 
     United States nuclear forces; and
       (3) to fully modernize the United States nuclear triad to 
     ensure a credible deterrent.
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