S.Amdt. 2741

SA 2741. Mr. RUBIO 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 C of title II, add the following:
appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. PRODUCTION OF ADVANCED LOW COST MUNITION ORDNANCE.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall take all necessary
measures to achieve low rate of initial production for the
Advanced Low Cost Munition Ordnance (ALaMO), a guided 57 mm
projectile, with fire-and-forget capability that requires no
Littoral Combat Ship fire control system changes, to counter
the growing threats posed by small boat swarms, unmanned
aerial systems, and other emerging threats.
(b) Funding.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated
by this act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2019
for the Navy for Procurement of Ammo, $34,000,000 shall be
available for the procurement of the Advanced Low Cost
Munition Ordnance (ALaMO).
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