S.Amdt. 346

SA 346. Mr. HOEVEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by

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him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2020 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, insert the
following:

SEC. 16__. ANNUAL REPORT ON DEVELOPMENT OF GROUND-BASED
STRATEGIC DETERRENT WEAPON.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than February 15, 2020, and
annually thereafter until the date on which the ground-based
strategic deterrent weapon receives Milestone C approval (as
defined in section 2366 of title 10, United States Code), the
Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the
Administrator for Nuclear Security and the Chairman of the
Nuclear Weapons Council, shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report describing the joint development
of the ground-based strategic deterrent weapon, including the
missile developed by the Air Force and the W87-1 warhead
modification 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 ground-based
strategic deterrent 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 year preceding submission of the report.
(4) A description of any schedule delays projected by the
Air Force or the National Nuclear Security Administration,
including delays related to infrastructure capacity and
subcomponent production, and the anticipated effect such
delays would have on the schedule of work of the other
agency.
(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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