S.Amdt. 2871

SA 2871. Mr. YOUNG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle D of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1037. SEMI-ANNUAL BRIEFINGS ON THE CONVENTIONAL PROMPT
STRIKE PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--Not later than October 1, 2018, and on a
semi-annual basis thereafter through October 1, 2022, the
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
shall provide to the congressional defense committees a
briefing on the Conventional Prompt Strike program.
(b) Elements.--Each briefing on the Conventional Prompt
Strike program under subsection (a) shall include the
following:
(1) A current overview of the schedule for the program.
(2) A current assessment of the status of the program with
respect to each of the following:
(A) Mobility.
(B) Survivability.
(C) Lethality,
(D) Ability to hold high value, time sensitive, highly
defended targets at risk.
(E) Options, with cost estimates, for accelerating delivery
of initial capability.
(3) Any currently proposed change in the service leadership
of the program, including a detailed justification of any
such change.
(c) Limitation on Change in Service Leadership.--No funds
available to the Department of Defense may be used to change
the service leadership of the Conventional Prompt Strike
program until a briefing on each element in subsection (b),
including the element in paragraph (3) of that subsection on
a proposed change in the service leadership of the program,
has been provided to the congressional defense committees.
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