S.Amdt. 3289

SA 3289. Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Curtis) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2026 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, insert the following:

SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON GROUND-BASED LEG OF NUCLEAR
TRIAD.

It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the modernization of the ground-based leg of the
nuclear triad of the United States is vital to the security
of the homeland and a core component of the homeland defense
mission;
(2) extending the lifecycle of the current Minuteman III
platform is both costly and an unsustainable long-term option
for maintaining a ready and capable ground-based leg of the
nuclear triad;
(3) the breach of chapter 325 of title 10, United States
Code (commonly known as the ``Nunn-McCurdy Act'') by the
program to modernize the ground-based leg of the nuclear
triad should be addressed in a way that balances the national
security need with fiscally responsible modifications to the
program that prevent future unanticipated cost overruns;
(4) that breach does not alter the fundamental national
security need for the modernization program; and
(5) the modernization program should remain funded and
active.
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