S.Amdt. 1567

SA 1567. Ms. AYOTTE (for herself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Inhofe, and Mrs.
Fischer) 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:

Beginning on page 728, strike line 12 and all that follows
through page 729, line 8, and insert the following:

SEC. 1643. AIR DEFENSE CAPABILITY AT NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY
ORGANIZATION MISSILE DEFENSE SITES.

(a) Determination and Notification.--Not later than 30 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Defense shall--
(1) determine whether the Aegis Ashore site in Romania and
the site to be deployed in the Republic of Poland are capable
of defending United States and allied personnel deployed at
such sites from air warfare threats, including cruise
missiles; and
(2) submit to the congressional defense committees notice
of such determination.
(b) Plan.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), if
the Secretary determines pursuant to subsection (a)(1) that
the Aegis Ashore sites described in such subsection are not
capable of defending as described in such subsection, the
Secretary shall--
(A) submit to the congressional defense committees, along
with the annual budget request submitted to Congress under
section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year
2017, a plan to ensure that such sites have, by not later
than December 31, 2018, anti-air warfare capability that is
capable of defending as described in such subsection; and
(B) ensure that, not later than December 31, 2018, both
sites described in such subsection have the capability
described in such subsection.
(2) Elements.--The plan submitted under paragraph (1)(A)
shall include a descriptions of the contributions that the
Secretary anticipates from the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization and members of such organization to ensure the
sites described in subsection (a)(1) have anti-air warfare
capability that is capable of defending as described in such
subsection.
(3) Delay of implementation.--The Secretary may delay the
requirement in paragraph (1)(B) if the Director of the
Missile Defense Agency submits to the congressional defense
committees a certification in writing that such delay is
necessary to ensure initial operational capability of the
ballistic missile defense system at such sites in accordance
with the timeline in the 2010 Ballistic Missile Defense
Review.
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