[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 146 (Monday, September 8, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S6419]
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  SA 3812. Mr. MARKEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 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 XV, add the following:

     SEC. 1522. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR SENTINEL 
                   INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Not more than $2,600,000,000 of the funds 
     authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made 
     available for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Defense 
     may be used for the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic 
     missile program until the Secretary of Defense submits to the 
     congressional defense committees the following:
       (1) The written record of the Milestone B Engineering and 
     Manufacturing Development approval decision for the Sentinel 
     intercontinental ballistic missile program pursuant to 
     section 4252(e) of title 10, United States Code.
       (2) A notification that the Sentinel intercontinental 
     ballistic missile program has been approved under the Trump 
     administration's April 2025 policy that any program more than 
     15 percent behind schedule or 15 percent over cost will be 
     scrutinized for cancellation.
       (3) A comprehensive report on how the Air Force plans to 
     extend the life of the Minuteman III missile to 2050 or until 
     the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile is 
     operational.
       (b) Form.--Any submission to the congressional defense 
     committees required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in 
     unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
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