To require the authorization of appropriation of amounts for the development of new or modified nuclear weapons.

SA 2756. Mr. REED proposed an amendment to amendment SA 2700 proposed
by Mr. McConnell (for Mr. Toomey (for himself, Mr. Corker, Mr. Sasse,
Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Kennedy)) to the amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr.
Inhofe (for himself and

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Mr. McCain) 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; as follows:

At the end, add the following:
(c) Authorization by Congress.--Section 4209(a)(1) of the
Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2529(a)(1)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``the Secretary shall'' and inserting the
following: ``the Secretary--
``(A) shall''; and
(2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``;
and''; and
``(B) may carry out such activities only if amounts are
authorized to be appropriated for such activities by an Act
of Congress consistent with section 660 of the Department of
Energy Organization Act (50 U.S.C. 7270).''.
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