S.Amdt. 1608

SA 1608. Mr. KYL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1390, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 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 X, insert the following:

SEC. __. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the progress of the Stockpile Stewardship Program since its inception and the remaining challenges facing the program. The report shall include recommendations for ensuring--

(1) the preservation of the core intellectual and technical competencies of the United States in nuclear weapons, including weapons design, system integration, manufacturing, security, use control, reliability assessment, and certification; and

(2) the safety, security, and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile without the use of underground nuclear weapons testing.