S.Amdt. 150

SA 150. Mr. HOEVEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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 XV, insert the following:

SEC. ___. ANNUAL REPORT ON DEVELOPMENT OF LONG-RANGE STAND-
OFF WEAPON.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than March 1, 2024, and
annually thereafter until the date on which long-range stand-
off weapon reaches initial operational capability, the
Administrator for Nuclear Security, in coordination with the
Secretary of the Air Force and the Chairman of the Nuclear
Weapons Council, shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report on the joint development of the long-
range stand-off weapon, including the missile developed by
the Air Force and the W80-4 warhead life extension program
conducted by the National Nuclear Security Administration.
(b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) An estimate of the date on which the long-range stand-
off weapon will reach initial operational capability.
(2) A description of any development milestones for the
missile developed by the Air Force or the warhead developed
by the National Nuclear Security Administration that depend
on corresponding progress at the other agency.
(3) A description of coordination efforts between the Air
Force and the National Nuclear Security Administration during
the period covered by the report.
(4) A description of any schedule delays projected by the
Air Force or the National Nuclear Security Administration and
the anticipated effect such delays would have on the schedule
of work of the other agency.
(5) Plans to mitigate the effects of any delays described
in paragraph (4).
(6) A description of any ways, including through the
availability of additional funding or authorities, in which
the development milestones described in paragraph (2) or the
estimated date of initial operational capability referred to
in paragraph (1), could be achieved more quickly.
(7) An estimate of the acquisition costs for the long-range
stand-off weapon and the W80-4 warhead life extension
program.
(c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
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