[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4956]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2627. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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, insert the following:

     SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON GROUND-BASED LEG OF NUCLEAR 
                   TRIAD.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the modernization of the ground-based leg of the 
     nuclear triad of the United States is vital to the security 
     of the homeland and a core component of the homeland defense 
     mission;
       (2) extending the lifecycle of the current Minuteman III 
     platform is both costly and an unsustainable long-term option 
     for maintaining a ready and capable ground-based leg of the 
     nuclear triad;
       (3) the breach of chapter 325 of title 10, United States 
     Code (commonly known as the ``Nunn-McCurdy Act'') by the 
     program to modernize the ground-based leg of the nuclear 
     triad should be addressed in a way that balances the national 
     security need with fiscally responsible modifications to the 
     program that prevent future unanticipated cost overruns;
       (4) that breach does not alter the fundamental national 
     security need for the modernization program; and
       (5) the modernization program should remain funded and 
     active.
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