S.Amdt. 4510

SA 4510. Mr. MARKEY 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 B of title XXXI, add the following:

SEC. 3114. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON W80-4 NUCLEAR WARHEAD LIFE
EXTENSION PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Administrator for Nuclear
Security shall seek to enter into an agreement with a
federally funded research and development center to conduct a
study on the W80-4 nuclear warhead life extension program.
(b) Matters Included.--The study required by subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) An explanation of the unexpected increase in cost of
the W80-4 nuclear warhead life extension program.
(2) An analysis of--
(A) the future costs of the program; and
(B) schedule requirements.
(3) An analysis of the impacts on other programs as a
result of the additional cost of the W80-4 nuclear warhead
life extension program, including--
(A) other life extension programs;
(B) infrastructure programs; and
(C) research, development, test, and evaluation programs.
(4) An analysis of the impacts that a delay of the program
will have on other programs as a result of--
(A) technical or management challenges; and
(B) changes in requirements for the W80-4 nuclear warhead
life extension program.
(c) Report Required.--
(1) Submission to nnsa.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the federally funded
research and development center shall submit to the
Administrator a report on the study required by subsection
(a).
(2) Submission to congress.--Not later than 210 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall submit to the congressional defense committees the
report required by paragraph (1), without change.
(d) Form.--The reports required by subsection (c) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
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