S.Amdt. 702

SA 702. Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Heinrich) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by 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 B of title XXXI, add the following:

SEC. 3116. MODIFICATION TO CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO
PLUTONIUM PIT PRODUCTION CAPACITY.

(a) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate
that--
(1) rebuilding a robust plutonium pit production
infrastructure with a capacity of up to 80 pits per year is
critical to maintaining the viability of the nuclear
stockpile;
(2) that effort will require cooperation from experts
across the nuclear security enterprise; and
(3) any further delay to achieving a plutonium sustainment
capability to support the planned stockpile life extension
programs will result in an unacceptable capability gap to our
deterrent posture.
(b) Modification to Requirements.--Section 4219 of the
Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2538a) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (5) and
inserting the following:
``(5) during 2030, produces not less than 80 war reserve
plutonium pits.'';
(2) by striking subsection (b);
(3) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections
(b) and (c), respectively;
(4) in subsection (b), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by
striking ``2027 (or, if the authority under subsection (b) is
exercised, 2029)'' and inserting ``2030''; and
(5) in subsection (c), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by
striking ``subsection (c)'' and inserting ``subsection (b)''.
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