S.Amdt. 721

SA 721. Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. Reed) 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:

On page 36, beginning on line 15, strike ``amounts
authorized to be appropriated'' and all that follows through
``acquisition strategy'' and insert ``funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2020 for the
Department of Defense may be used to exceed, and the
Department may not otherwise exceed, the total procurement
quantity of thirty-five Littoral Combat Ships,''.
On page 49, beginning on line 14, strike ``authorized to be
appropriated'' and all that follows through ``program of
record'' and insert ``authorized to be appropriated by this
Act for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Defense may be
used for the procurement of a current or future Department of
Defense communications program of record, and the Department
may not otherwise procure a current or future communications
program of record,''.
On page 54, beginning on line 6, strike ``authorized to be
appropriated'' and all that follows through ``Chief of Naval
Operations'' and insert ``authorized to be appropriated by
this Act for fiscal year 2020 for operation and maintenance
for the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force and for
operation and maintenance for the Office of the Secretary of
the Navy, not more than 50 percent may be obligated or
expended until the date that is 15 days after the date on
which the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and the Chief of
Naval Operations, respectively,''.
On page 58, beginning on line 5, strike ``authorized to be
appropriated'' and all that follows through ``enduring
capability'' and insert ``authorized to be appropriated by
this Act for fiscal year 2020 for the Army may be obligated
or expended for research, development, test, and evaluation
for the Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2
enduring capability, and the Department may not otherwise
engaged in research, development, test, and evaluation on
such capability,''.
On page 138, line 3, strike ``or otherwise made
available''.
On page 539, line 19, strike ``or otherwise made
available''.
On page 543, line 24, strike ``or otherwise made
available'' and insert ``for fiscal year 2020''.
On page 704, strike line 24 and all that follows through
page 705, line 8, and insert the following:
(a) Prohibition.--Except as provided in subsection (b),
none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Defense may be
obligated or expended for the following, and the Department
may not otherwise take any action to do the following:
(1) Reduce, or prepare to reduce, the responsiveness or
alert level of the intercontinental ballistic missiles of the
United States.
(2) Reduce, or prepare to reduce, the quantity of deployed
intercontinental ballistic missiles of the United States to a
number less than 400.
On page 773, beginning on line 8, strike ``authorized to be
appropriated'' and all that follows through ``theater'' on
line 13 and insert ``authorized to be appropriated by this
Act for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Defense may be
obligated or expended to implement any activity that reduces
air base resiliency or demolishes protected aircraft shelters
in the European theater, and the Department may not otherwise
implement any such activity,''.
On page 773, beginning on line 21, strike ``authorized to
be appropriated'' and all that follows through ``air base''
and insert ``authorized to be appropriated by this Act for
fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Defense may be
obligated or expended to implement any activity that closes
or returns to the host nation any existing air base, and the
Department may not otherwise implement any such activity,''.
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