S.Amdt. 2368

SA 2368. Mr. HOEVEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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. 1650. REPORT ON DEVELOPMENT OF LONG-RANGE STAND-OFF
WEAPON.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter
until December 31, 2024, the Secretary of the Air Force
shall, in coordination with the Administrator for Nuclear
Security, submit to the congressional defense committees a
report describing the joint development of the long-range
stand-off weapon, including the missile developed by the Air
Force and the W80-4 warhead life extension program conducted
by the National Nuclear Security Administration.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) An estimate of the date on which the long-range stand-
off weapon will reach initial operating capability.
(2) A description of any development milestones for the
missile developed by the Air Force or the warhead developed
by the National Nuclear Security Administration that depend
on corresponding progress at the other agency.
(3) A description of coordination efforts between the Air
Force and the National Nuclear Security Administration during
the 180 days preceding submission of the report.
(4) A description of any schedule delays projected by the
Air Force or the National Nuclear Security Administration and
the anticipated effect such delays would have on the other
agency's schedule of work.
(5) Plans to mitigate the effects of any delays described
in paragraph (4).
(6) A description of any ways, including through the
availability of additional funding or authorities, in which
the development milestones described in paragraph (2) or the
estimated date of initial operating capability referred to in
paragraph (1), could be achieved more quickly.
(c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified
annex.
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