[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8001]
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  SA 4510. Mr. MARKEY 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 B of title XXXI, add the following:

     SEC. 3114. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON W80-4 NUCLEAR WARHEAD LIFE 
                   EXTENSION PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Administrator for Nuclear 
     Security shall seek to enter into an agreement with a 
     federally funded research and development center to conduct a 
     study on the W80-4 nuclear warhead life extension program.
       (b) Matters Included.--The study required by subsection (a) 
     shall include the following:
       (1) An explanation of the unexpected increase in cost of 
     the W80-4 nuclear warhead life extension program.
       (2) An analysis of--
       (A) the future costs of the program; and
       (B) schedule requirements.
       (3) An analysis of the impacts on other programs as a 
     result of the additional cost of the W80-4 nuclear warhead 
     life extension program, including--
       (A) other life extension programs;
       (B) infrastructure programs; and
       (C) research, development, test, and evaluation programs.
       (4) An analysis of the impacts that a delay of the program 
     will have on other programs as a result of--
       (A) technical or management challenges; and
       (B) changes in requirements for the W80-4 nuclear warhead 
     life extension program.
       (c) Report Required.--
       (1) Submission to nnsa.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the federally funded 
     research and development center shall submit to the 
     Administrator a report on the study required by subsection 
     (a).
       (2) Submission to congress.--Not later than 210 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
     shall submit to the congressional defense committees the 
     report required by paragraph (1), without change.
       (d) Form.--The reports required by subsection (c) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.
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