S.Amdt. 4457

SA 4457. Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Markey) 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. PLAN TO MODERNIZE THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE.

Section 1043(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81; 125 Stat. 1576),
as most recently amended by section 1643 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law
113-291; 128 Stat. 3650), is further amended--
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as subparagraph (I);
and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following new
subparagraph:
``(G) A detailed description of the plan to modernize the
nuclear weapons stockpile of the United States, including an
estimate of the costs (including estimated cost ranges if
necessary), during the 25-year period following the date of
the report to implement planned programs to modernize and
sustain all elements of the nuclear security enterprise,
including the estimated life cycle costs of modernization
programs planned and or in the planning stages as of the date
of the report. Such estimates shall include the costs of
research and development and production relating to nuclear
weapons that are being replaced, modernized, or sustained,
including with respect to--
``(i) associated delivery systems or platforms that carry
nuclear weapons;
``(ii) nuclear command and control systems; and
``(iii) facilities, infrastructure, and critical skills.''.
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