S.Amdt. 4195

SA 4195. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 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 I, add the following:

SEC. 128. TICONDEROGA-CLASS GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER
REPLACEMENT.

(a) In General.--Not later than March 1, 2017, the Chief of
Naval Operations shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report on any elements under subsection (b)
regarding the TICONDEROGA-class guided missile cruiser
replacement that were not covered in the studies of fleet
platform architectures directed in section 1067 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
(Public Law 114-92; 129 Stat. 991).
(b) Elements.--The elements referred to in subsection (a)
are as follows:
(1) Shipbuilding or other modernization options to meet or
exceed the air defense commander capabilities of TICONDEROGA-
class guided missile cruisers, such that there is no loss in
capability as TICONDEROGA-class guided missile cruisers
decommission.
(2) Options to alter the physical dimensions of Mark 41
vertical launching system cells to accommodate different
weapons, as compared to the TICONDEROGA-class cruisers.
(3) Options to maintain or expand the number of vertical
launching system cells available in the fleet, as
TICONDEROGA-class cruisers decommission.
(4) Options to allow the Navy to reload vertical launching
system cells at sea.
(5) Description of findings from the studies of fleet
platform architectures that were incorporated in the budget
of the President submitted to Congress under section 1105(a)
of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2018.

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