S.Amdt. 3284

1. Adds SEC. 238. REPORT ON POTENTIAL FUTURE HOMELAND BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE OPTIONS at the end of subtitle C of title II

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   In S. 3254 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2013 by section 201 for research, development, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide, and available for the Missile Defense Agency, $210,000,000 may be provided to the Government of Israel for the Iron Dome short-range rocket defense program as specified in the funding table in section 4201.

   Inserted: SEC. 238. REPORT ON POTENTIAL FUTURE HOMELAND BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE OPTIONS.

   Inserted: (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on potential future options for homeland ballistic missile defense.

   Inserted: (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:

   Inserted: (1) A description of the current assessment of the threat to the United States from long-range ballistic missiles of North Korea and Iran, and an assessment of the projected future threat through 2022, including a discussion of confidence levels in such threat assessment.

   Inserted: (2) A description of the current United States homeland ballistic missile defense capability to defend against the current threat of limited ballistic missile attack from North Korea and Iran.

   Inserted: (3) A description of planned improvements to the current homeland ballistic missile defense system, and the capability enhancements that would result from such planned improvements.

   Inserted: (4) A description of potential additional future options for homeland ballistic missile defense, in addition to those described pursuant to paragraph (3), if the future ballistic missile threat warrants deployment of such options to increase the homeland ballistic missile defense capability, including--

   Inserted: (A) deployment of a missile defense interceptor site on the East Coast;

   Inserted: (B) deployment of a missile defense interceptor site in another location in the United States, other than on the East Coast;

   Inserted: (C) deployment of additional Ground-based Interceptors for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system at Fort Greely, Alaska, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, or both;

   Inserted: (D) deployment of Standard Missile-3 Block IIB interceptors on land or at sea; and

   Inserted: (E) any other options the Secretary considers appropriate.

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   Inserted: (c) Evaluation.--For each option described under subsection (b)(4), the Secretary shall provide an evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of such option. The evaluation of each option shall include consideration of the following:

   Inserted: (1) Technical feasibility.

   Inserted: (2) Operational effectiveness and utility against the projected future threat.

   Inserted: (3) Cost, cost effectiveness and affordability.

   Inserted: (4) Adaptability to respond to changes in threat evolution.

   Inserted: (d) Conclusions and Recommendations.--Based on the evaluation required by subsection (c), the Secretary shall include in the report required by subsection (a) such findings, conclusions, and recommendations as the Secretary considers appropriate for potential future options for homeland ballistic missile defense

   Inserted: (e) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following:

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