[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 156 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5089]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5734. Mr. HOEVEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 E of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 372. REPORT ON WEAPONS GENERATION FACILITIES OF THE AIR 
                   FORCE.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force 
     shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the 
     construction by the Air Force of weapons generation 
     facilities.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following elements:
       (1) For installations of the Air Force that do not have a 
     weapons storage area--
       (A) the total number of weapons generation facilities to be 
     constructed at installations assigned to Air Force Global 
     Strike Command and a timeline for starting and completing 
     construction of each such facility, including construction 
     occurring after September 30, 2028; and
       (B) the expected date on which the Air Force expects to 
     begin to store weapons at each such facility.
       (2) For installations assigned to Air Force Global Strike 
     Command that have a weapons storage area--
       (A) the total number of weapons storage areas to be 
     replaced with weapons generation facilities and the estimated 
     date by which each installation will require a weapons 
     generation facility to execute the mission of such command, 
     including dates estimated to be later than September 30, 
     2028;
       (B) a description of the weapons currently stored in each 
     weapons storage area;
       (C) the expected date on which the Air Force expects to 
     store weapons other than those described in subparagraph (B) 
     at--
       (i) an existing weapons storage area; or
       (ii) a weapons generation facility that replaces an 
     existing weapons storage area; and
       (D) a mitigation plan to ensure that a weapons storage area 
     can support the safe and secure storage of weapons other than 
     those described in subparagraph (B) if required to do so 
     prior to the construction of a weapons generation facility.
       (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.
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