S.Amdt. 678

SA 678. Mr. MARKEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2018 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATE OF MISSILE
DEFENSE COSTS.

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report
setting forth the following:
(1) An estimate of the costs over the 10-year period
beginning on the date of the report associated with fielding
and maintaining the current ballistic and cruise missile
defenses of the United States.
(2) An estimate of the costs to acquire a national missile
defense system sufficient to protect the United States
against a ballistic or cruise missile attack from the Russian
Federation or the People's Republic of China.
(3) An estimate of the costs to design, launch, maintain,
operate, and replenish space-based interceptors and sensors
of different constellation sizes ranging from limited to
comprehensive.
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