S.Amdt. 3812

SA 3812. Mr. MARKEY 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 end of subtitle B of title XV, add the following:

SEC. 1522. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR SENTINEL
INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--Not more than $2,600,000,000 of the funds
authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made
available for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Defense
may be used for the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic
missile program until the Secretary of Defense submits to the
congressional defense committees the following:
(1) The written record of the Milestone B Engineering and
Manufacturing Development approval decision for the Sentinel
intercontinental ballistic missile program pursuant to
section 4252(e) of title 10, United States Code.
(2) A notification that the Sentinel intercontinental
ballistic missile program has been approved under the Trump
administration's April 2025 policy that any program more than
15 percent behind schedule or 15 percent over cost will be
scrutinized for cancellation.
(3) A comprehensive report on how the Air Force plans to
extend the life of the Minuteman III missile to 2050 or until
the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile is
operational.
(b) Form.--Any submission to the congressional defense
committees required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in
unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
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