S.Amdt. 2347

1. Adds SEC. 1046. BUDGET TREATMENT AND PLAN ON IMPLEMENTATION OF REDUCTIONS IN NUCLEAR FORCES IN CONNECTION WITH THE NEW START TREATY at the end of subtitle E of title X

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   In S. 1197 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   (b) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the feasibility and advisability of preserving intercontinental ballistic missile silos in operational or warm status.

   Inserted: SEC. 1046. BUDGET TREATMENT AND PLAN ON IMPLEMENTATION OF REDUCTIONS IN NUCLEAR FORCES IN CONNECTION WITH THE NEW START TREATY.

   Inserted: (a) Budget Treatment of Reductions Pursuant to New START Treaty.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that activities relating to the dismantlement or conversion of nuclear weapons in connection with the implementation of the New START Treaty are assigned separate, dedicated program elements in the budget materials submitted to the President by the Secretary in connection with the submission to Congress, pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, of the budget for fiscal year 2015 and each fiscal year thereafter in which reductions to the nuclear forces of the United States are made in connection with the implementation the New START Treaty.

   Inserted: (b) Submission of Plan on New START Treaty.--Not later than the date on which the President submits the budget of the President to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2015, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees the plan required by section 1042(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81; 125 Stat. 1575).

   Inserted: (c) Definitions.--In this section:

   Inserted: (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term "appropriate congressional committees" means the following:

   Inserted: (A) The congressional defense committees.

   Inserted: (B) The Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.

   Inserted: (2) New start treaty.--The term "New START Treaty" means the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed on April 8, 2010, and entered into force on February 5, 2011, between the United States and the Russian Federation.

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   At the end of subtitle E of title X, add the following:

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