[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7984]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4482. Mr. HOEVEN (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Cotton, 
Mr. Marshall, Mr. Romney, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. 
Hawley, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Graham, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
Tillis, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Daines, and Mr. Thune) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and 
intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 XV, add the following:

     SEC. 1548. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FUNDS TO REDUCE UNITED 
                   STATES NUCLEAR FORCES.

       (a) Prohibition.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated to the Department of Defense or the National 
     Nuclear Security Administration for any of fiscal years 2022 
     through 2027 may be obligated or expended to reduce--
       (1) the total quantity of strategic delivery systems below 
     the quantity of such systems as of January 1, 2021;
       (2) the quantity of deployed or non-deployed strategic 
     delivery systems below the quantities described as the 
     ``Final New START Treaty Force Structure'' in the plan on the 
     implementation of the New START Treaty required by section 
     1042 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81; 125 Stat. 1575); or
       (3) the size of the nuclear weapons stockpile below the 
     size of the stockpile as of January 1, 2021.
       (b) Exceptions.--The prohibition under subsection (a) does 
     not apply to--
       (1) reductions made to ensure the safety, security, 
     reliability, and credibility of the nuclear weapons stockpile 
     and strategic delivery systems, including activities related 
     to surveillance, assessment, certification, testing, and 
     maintenance of nuclear weapons and strategic delivery 
     systems;
       (2) temporary reductions in the quantity of nuclear weapons 
     or deployed strategic delivery systems to facilitate the 
     fielding of modernized replacements;
       (3) nuclear weapons that are retired or awaiting 
     dismantlement as of January 1, 2021; or
       (4) reductions made pursuant to a treaty with respect to 
     which the Senate has provided its advice and consent pursuant 
     to article II, section 2, clause 2 of the Constitution of the 
     United States.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) New start treaty.--The term ``New START Treaty'' means 
     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 on April 8, 
     2010, and entered into force on February 5, 2011.
       (2) Strategic delivery system.--The term ``strategic 
     delivery system'' means any of the following:
       (A) LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic 
     missiles and any associated reentry vehicles.
       (B) Launch facilities for LGM-30G Minuteman III 
     intercontinental ballistic missiles, whether deployed or non-
     deployed.
       (C) Ohio-class fleet ballistic missile submarines.
       (D) UGM-133 Trident II submarine-launched ballistic 
     missiles and any associated reentry vehicles.
       (E) B-52H Stratofortress long-range heavy bombers.
       (F) B-2A Spirit stealth bombers.
       (G) AGM-86B air-launched cruise missiles.
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