S.Amdt. 4482

SA 4482. Mr. HOEVEN (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Cotton,
Mr. Marshall, Mr. Romney, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr.
Hawley, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Graham, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Kennedy, Mr.
Tillis, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Daines, and Mr. Thune) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and
intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 C of title XV, add the following:

SEC. 1548. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FUNDS TO REDUCE UNITED
STATES NUCLEAR FORCES.

(a) Prohibition.--None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated to the Department of Defense or the National
Nuclear Security Administration for any of fiscal years 2022
through 2027 may be obligated or expended to reduce--
(1) the total quantity of strategic delivery systems below
the quantity of such systems as of January 1, 2021;
(2) the quantity of deployed or non-deployed strategic
delivery systems below the quantities described as the
``Final New START Treaty Force Structure'' in the plan on the
implementation of the New START Treaty required by section
1042 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81; 125 Stat. 1575); or
(3) the size of the nuclear weapons stockpile below the
size of the stockpile as of January 1, 2021.
(b) Exceptions.--The prohibition under subsection (a) does
not apply to--
(1) reductions made to ensure the safety, security,
reliability, and credibility of the nuclear weapons stockpile
and strategic delivery systems, including activities related
to surveillance, assessment, certification, testing, and
maintenance of nuclear weapons and strategic delivery
systems;
(2) temporary reductions in the quantity of nuclear weapons
or deployed strategic delivery systems to facilitate the
fielding of modernized replacements;
(3) nuclear weapons that are retired or awaiting
dismantlement as of January 1, 2021; or
(4) reductions made pursuant to a treaty with respect to
which the Senate has provided its advice and consent pursuant
to article II, section 2, clause 2 of the Constitution of the
United States.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) New start treaty.--The term ``New START Treaty'' means
the Treaty between the United States of America and the
Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and
Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed on April 8,
2010, and entered into force on February 5, 2011.
(2) Strategic delivery system.--The term ``strategic
delivery system'' means any of the following:
(A) LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic
missiles and any associated reentry vehicles.
(B) Launch facilities for LGM-30G Minuteman III
intercontinental ballistic missiles, whether deployed or non-
deployed.
(C) Ohio-class fleet ballistic missile submarines.
(D) UGM-133 Trident II submarine-launched ballistic
missiles and any associated reentry vehicles.
(E) B-52H Stratofortress long-range heavy bombers.
(F) B-2A Spirit stealth bombers.
(G) AGM-86B air-launched cruise missiles.
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