S.Amdt. 1864

SA 1864. Mr. RUBIO 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, 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 end of subtitle C of title XVI, add the following:

SEC. 1637. PROHIBITION ON REDUCTION IN INTERCONTINENTAL
BALLISTIC MISSILE ALERT STATUS.

(a) Prohibition.--None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016 may be obligated
or expended for reducing, or preparing to reduce, the
responsiveness or alert level of the intercontinental
ballistic missiles of the United States.
(b) Exceptions.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the
following activities:
(1) Maintenance or sustainment of intercontinental
ballistic missiles.
(2) Ensuring the safety, security, or reliability of
intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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