S.Amdt. 3513

SA 3513. Mr. DAINES 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 in title II, insert the following:

SEC. 2__. EVALUATION OF THE MOUNTAIN-DESERT CORRIDOR TO TEST
HYPERSONIC AND LONG-RANGE WEAPONS.

(a) Evaluation of Sites.--The Secretary of Defense shall,
acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Research
and Engineering and the Director of the Test Resource
Management Center, evaluate the following sites for the
purposes of testing and training for long range and
hypersonic systems:
(1) Launch locations, including the following:
(A) The Bearpaw Air Traffic Control Assigned Airspace.
(B) The Mountain Home Range Complex.
(C) The Fallon Range Training Complex.
(D) The Utah Test and Training Range.
(E) The Nevada Test and Training Range.
(F) The Green River Test Complex.
(2) Impact areas within the White Sands Missile Range.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``impact area'' means the point at which a
test terminates.
(2) The term ``launch location'' means the point from which
a test is initiated.
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