S.Amdt. 4200

SA 4200. 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 D of title XVI, add the following:

SEC. 1655. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS RELATING TO REDUCING
THE ALERTNESS LEVEL OR NUMBER OF
INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES.

(a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be
obligated or expended to reduce, or to prepare to reduce--
(1) the responsiveness or alert level of the
intercontinental ballistic missiles of the United States; or
(2) the number of deployed intercontinental ballistic
missiles of the United States to a number that is less than
400.
(b) Exceptions.--The prohibition under subsection (a) shall
not apply with respect to--
(1) activities relating to--
(A) the maintenance or sustainment of intercontinental
ballistic missiles; or
(B) ensuring the safety, security, or reliability of
intercontinental ballistic missiles; or
(2) reductions in the number of deployed intercontinental
ballistic missiles that are carried out to comply with
limitations imposed under--
(A) 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 (commonly known as
the ``New START Treaty''); or
(B) any Act authorizing appropriations for the military
activities of the Department of Defense or for defense
activities of the Department of Energy that is enacted before
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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