[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 118 (Tuesday, July 11, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2320]
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  SA 150. Mr. HOEVEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 XV, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. ANNUAL REPORT ON DEVELOPMENT OF LONG-RANGE STAND-
                   OFF WEAPON.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than March 1, 2024, and 
     annually thereafter until the date on which long-range stand-
     off weapon reaches initial operational capability, the 
     Administrator for Nuclear Security, in coordination with the 
     Secretary of the Air Force and the Chairman of the Nuclear 
     Weapons Council, shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees a report on the joint development of the long-
     range stand-off weapon, including the missile developed by 
     the Air Force and the W80-4 warhead life extension program 
     conducted by the National Nuclear Security Administration.
       (b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) An estimate of the date on which the long-range stand-
     off weapon will reach initial operational capability.
       (2) A description of any development milestones for the 
     missile developed by the Air Force or the warhead developed 
     by the National Nuclear Security Administration that depend 
     on corresponding progress at the other agency.
       (3) A description of coordination efforts between the Air 
     Force and the National Nuclear Security Administration during 
     the period covered by the report.
       (4) A description of any schedule delays projected by the 
     Air Force or the National Nuclear Security Administration and 
     the anticipated effect such delays would have on the schedule 
     of work of the other agency.
       (5) Plans to mitigate the effects of any delays described 
     in paragraph (4).
       (6) A description of any ways, including through the 
     availability of additional funding or authorities, in which 
     the development milestones described in paragraph (2) or the 
     estimated date of initial operational capability referred to 
     in paragraph (1), could be achieved more quickly.
       (7) An estimate of the acquisition costs for the long-range 
     stand-off weapon and the W80-4 warhead life extension 
     program.
       (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.
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