S.Amdt. 741

SA 741. Mr. MERKLEY 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:

Strike section 1518 and insert the following:

SEC. 1518. PROHIBITION WITH RESPECT TO ESTABLISHMENT OF
NUCLEAR-ARMED SEA-LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILE
CAPABILITY.

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 for the
Department

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of Defense may be obligated or expended to establish a
program for the development of a nuclear-armed, sea-launched
cruise missile capability.
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