[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
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[S. 3480 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]
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Calendar No. 250
117th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3480
To prohibit the use of funds to reduce the nuclear forces of the United
States.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 11 (legislative day, January 10), 2022
Mr. Hoeven introduced the following bill; which was read the first time
January 18, 2022
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
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A BILL
To prohibit the use of funds to reduce the nuclear forces of the United
States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FUNDS TO REDUCE UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR FORCES.
(a) Prohibition.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated
to the Department of Defense or the National Nuclear Security
Administration for any of fiscal years 2022 through 2027 may be
obligated or expended to reduce--
(1) the total quantity of strategic delivery systems below
the quantity of such systems as of January 1, 2021;
(2) the quantity of deployed or non-deployed strategic
delivery systems below the quantities described as the ``Final
New START Treaty Force Structure'' in the plan on the
implementation of the New START Treaty required by section 1042
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
(Public Law 112-81; 125 Stat. 1575); or
(3) the size of the nuclear weapons stockpile below the
size of the stockpile as of January 1, 2021.
(b) Exceptions.--The prohibition under subsection (a) does not
apply to--
(1) reductions made to ensure the safety, security,
reliability, and credibility of the nuclear weapons stockpile
and strategic delivery systems, including activities related to
surveillance, assessment, certification, testing, and
maintenance of nuclear weapons and strategic delivery systems;
(2) temporary reductions in the quantity of nuclear weapons
or deployed strategic delivery systems to facilitate the
fielding of modernized replacements;
(3) nuclear weapons that are retired or awaiting
dismantlement as of January 1, 2021; or
(4) reductions made pursuant to a treaty with respect to
which the Senate has provided its advice and consent pursuant
to article II, section 2, clause 2 of the Constitution of the
United States.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) New start treaty.--The term ``New START Treaty'' means
the Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian
Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation
of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed on April 8, 2010, and
entered into force on February 5, 2011.
(2) Strategic delivery system.--The term ``strategic
delivery system'' means any of the following:
(A) LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental
ballistic missiles and any associated reentry vehicles.
(B) Launch facilities for LGM-30G Minuteman III
intercontinental ballistic missiles, whether deployed
or non-deployed.
(C) Ohio-class fleet ballistic missile submarines.
(D) UGM-133 Trident II submarine-launched ballistic
missiles and any associated reentry vehicles.
(E) B-52H Stratofortress long-range heavy bombers.
(F) B-2A Spirit stealth bombers.
(G) AGM-86B air-launched cruise missiles.
Calendar No. 250
117th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3480
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To prohibit the use of funds to reduce the nuclear forces of the United
States.
_______________________________________________________________________
January 18, 2022
Read the second time and placed on the calendar