S.Amdt. 4736

SA 4736. Mr. COTTON 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 appropriate place in title II, insert the
following:

SEC. ___. UNDERWATER LAUNCH TESTING OF CONVENTIONAL PROMPT
STRIKE WEAPON SYSTEM.

(a) Testing Required.--Not later than September 30, 2024,
the Secretary of the Navy shall commence underwater launch
testing for the Conventional Prompt Strike weapon system to
facilitate capability deployment on a Virginia-class
submarine before September 30, 2027.
(b) Additional Funding.--
(1) In general.--The amount authorized to be appropriated
for fiscal year 2022 by section 201 for research,
development, test, and evaluation is hereby increased by
$50,000,000, with the amount of the increase to be available
for New Design SSN (PE 0604558N).
(2) Availability.--Of the amount made available under
paragraph (1), $50,000,000 shall be available to accelerate
Conventional Prompt Strike weapon system integration on
Virginia-class submarines.
(c) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2022 by section 301 for operation and maintenance
is hereby decreased by $50,000,000 with the amount of the
decrease to be taken from amounts available as specified in
the funding table in section 4301 for the Afghanistan
Security Forces Fund, Afghan Air Force Sustainment.
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