[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3453]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2015. Mr. DAINES 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 title V of division C, add the following:

     SEC. 3505. POLICY OF UNITED STATES ON MAINTAINING SUPERIORITY 
                   OF UNITED STATES NUCLEAR FORCES.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the modernization of the land-based intercontinental 
     ballistic missile, ballistic missile submarines, and nuclear-
     capable heavy bomber aircraft is essential to maintaining a 
     competitive edge over the People's Republic of China and 
     providing security for allies of the United States in the 
     region;
       (2) continued support for the modernization of the nuclear 
     triad will be a necessary consideration during ratification 
     of any future arms control treaty with the People's Republic 
     of China;
       (3) the nuclear forces of the People's Republic of China 
     will significantly evolve over the decade after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act as the People's Republic of China 
     modernizes, diversifies, and increases the number of its 
     land-, sea-, and air-based nuclear delivery platforms;
       (4) the People's Republic of China is pursuing a nuclear 
     triad with the development of a nuclear-capable air-launched 
     ballistic missile and improving its ground and sea-based 
     nuclear capabilities; and
       (5) new developments in 2019 further suggest that the 
     People's Republic of China intends to increase the peacetime 
     readiness of its nuclear forces by moving to a launch-on-
     warning posture with an expanded silo-based force.
       (b) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United 
     States--
       (1) to advance the strategic deterrence capabilities of the 
     United States both quantitatively and qualitatively;
       (2) to ensure the safety, reliability, and performance of 
     the nuclear forces of the United States;
       (3) to fully modernize the United States nuclear triad as 
     needed to maintain the premier nuclear force on the planet; 
     and
       (4) that any new nuclear arms limitation treaties must 
     include the People's Republic of China before ratification.
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