S.Amdt. 3701

SA 3701. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Cassidy) 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:

Strike section 1512 and insert the following:

SEC. 1512. ESTABLISHMENT OF AIR FORCE GLOBAL STRIKE COMMAND.

Chapter 907 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new section:

``Sec. 9068. Global Strike Command

``(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Air Force
a major command, which shall be known as Global Strike
Command.
``(b) Commander.--
``(1) The Commander of Global Strike Command shall hold the
grade of general while serving in that position, without
vacating that officer's permanent grade. The Commander shall
be appointed to that grade by the President, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, for service in that
position.
``(2) The Commander shall serve as the single accountable
officer responsible to the Secretary of the Air Force and the
Chief of Staff of the Air Force for carrying out all aspects
of the nuclear and long-range strike missions of the Air
Force, including such aspects described in subsection (c).
``(c) Functions.--The Commander of Global Strike Command
shall be responsible for carrying out all elements and
activities of the nuclear and long-range strike missions of
the Air Force. Such elements include nuclear weapons, nuclear
weapon delivery systems, long-range strike bomber aircraft,
and the nuclear command, control, and communication system.
Such activities include the following:
``(1) Providing combat-ready nuclear and long-range
conventional strike forces in support of Presidential and
combatant commander directives.
``(2) Administrating, organizing, training, and equipping
assigned and gained forces.
``(3) Assessing the readiness of assigned and gained forces
and submitting to the Secretary and the Chief of Staff
periodic reports with respect to such assessments.
``(4) Leading development in the Air Force of--
``(A) military requirements with respect to nuclear and
long-range strike missions;
``(B) budget proposals necessary to carry out the missions
of the Global Strike Command;
``(C) long-range investment plans and priorities to
sustain, modernize, and recapitalize assigned forces; and
``(D) strategy, employment concepts, tactics, techniques,
and procedures with respect to nuclear deterrence and
conventional long-range strike operations.
``(5) Advising the Secretary, as necessary, on the adequacy
of resources of the Department of the Air Force dedicated to
support and execute nuclear missions.
``(6) Such other functions as the Secretary determines
necessary or appropriate for the execution of nuclear
deterrence and long-range strike missions.''.
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