[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 200 (Wednesday, November 17, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8354]
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  SA 4736. Mr. COTTON 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 appropriate place in title II, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. UNDERWATER LAUNCH TESTING OF CONVENTIONAL PROMPT 
                   STRIKE WEAPON SYSTEM.

       (a) Testing Required.--Not later than September 30, 2024, 
     the Secretary of the Navy shall commence underwater launch 
     testing for the Conventional Prompt Strike weapon system to 
     facilitate capability deployment on a Virginia-class 
     submarine before September 30, 2027.
       (b) Additional Funding.--
       (1) In general.--The amount authorized to be appropriated 
     for fiscal year 2022 by section 201 for research, 
     development, test, and evaluation is hereby increased by 
     $50,000,000, with the amount of the increase to be available 
     for New Design SSN (PE 0604558N).
       (2) Availability.--Of the amount made available under 
     paragraph (1), $50,000,000 shall be available to accelerate 
     Conventional Prompt Strike weapon system integration on 
     Virginia-class submarines.
       (c) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for 
     fiscal year 2022 by section 301 for operation and maintenance 
     is hereby decreased by $50,000,000 with the amount of the 
     decrease to be taken from amounts available as specified in 
     the funding table in section 4301 for the Afghanistan 
     Security Forces Fund, Afghan Air Force Sustainment.
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