S.Amdt. 4399

SA 4399. Mr. DAINES (for himself and Mr. Tester) 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. UPGRADES TO THE NUCLEAR COMMAND, CONTROL, AND
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM.

(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
upgrading the nuclear command, control, and communications
system is essential to maintaining a secure nuclear
stockpile.
(b) Availability of Funds.--The Secretary of Defense may
use funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act and
available for upgrades to the nuclear command, control, and
communications system to ensure high quality cybersecurity
and to expedite modernization of communications that travel
over leased telephone lines.
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