S.Amdt. 1523

SA 1523. Mr. MARKEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, 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 I, add the following:

SEC. 120. UPDATE OF COST ESTIMATES FOR SSBN(X) SUBMARINE
PROGRAM ALTERNATIVES.

(a) Report on Update Required.--
(1) In general.--(A) Not later than March 31, 2016, the
Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report setting forth an update of the
cost estimates prepared under subsection (a)(1) section 242
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2012 (Public Law 112-81; 125 Stat. 1343) for each option
considered under subsection (b) of that section for purposes
of the report under that section on

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the Ohio-class replacement ballistic missile submarine.
(B) The update shall specify how the cost updates account
for differences in survivability, targeting responsiveness
and flexibility, responsiveness to future threats, and other
matters the Secretary considers important in comparing the
options.
(2) Form.--Each updated cost estimate in the report under
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in an unclassified form that
may be made available to the public. Other information from
the update may be submitted in classified form.
(b) Comptroller General Report.--Not later than 90 days
after the date of the submittal under subsection (a) of the
report required by that subsection, the Comptroller General
of the United States shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report setting forth an assessment by
the Comptroller General of the accuracy of the updated cost
estimates in the report under subsection (a).
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