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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3974 

To reduce the number of nuclear-armed submarines operated by the Navy, 

to prohibit the development of a new long-range penetrating bomber 

aircraft, to reduce the number of intercontinental ballistic missiles operated by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 8, 2012 

Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. CLARKE of Michigan, 

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. STARK, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. HOLT, Mr. FILNER, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. NADLER, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 

KUCINICH, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. 

NORTON, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. POLIS, Mr. HONDA, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. ELLISON, Mrs. MALONEY, 

Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. MCGOVERN, 

Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. OLVER, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. 

ESHOO, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. TIERNEY, and Mr. FARR) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To reduce the number of nuclear-armed submarines operated 

by the Navy, to prohibit the development of a new longrange penetrating bomber aircraft, to reduce the number 

of intercontinental ballistic missiles operated by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Smarter Approach to 

3 Nuclear Expenditures Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) The Berlin Wall fell in 1989, the U.S.S.R. 

7 no longer exists, and the Cold War is over. The na8 ture of threats to the national security and military 

9 interests of the United States has changed. How10 ever, the United States continues to maintain an 

11 enormous arsenal of nuclear weapons and delivery 

12 systems that were devised with the Cold War in 

13 mind. 

14 (2) The current nuclear arsenal of the United 

15 States includes approximately 5,000 total nuclear 

16 warheads, of which approximately 2,000 are de17 ployed with three delivery components: long-range 

18 strategic bomber aircraft, land-based interconti19 nental ballistic missiles, and submarine-launched 

20 ballistic missiles. The bomber fleet of the United 

21 States comprises 93 B–52 and 20 B–2 aircraft. The 

22 United States maintains 450 intercontinental bal23 listic missiles. The United States also maintains 14 

24 Ohio-class submarines, up to 12 of which are de25 ployed at sea. Each of these submarines is armed 


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1 with up to 96 independently targetable nuclear war2 heads. 

3 (3) This Cold War-based approach to nuclear 

4 security comes at significant cost. Over the next 10 

5 years, the United States will spend hundreds of bil6 lions of dollars maintaining its nuclear force. A sub7 stantial decrease in the nuclear arsenal of the 

8 United States is prudent for both the budget and 

9 national security. 

10 (4) The national security interests of the 

11 United States can be well served by reducing the 

12 total number of deployed nuclear warheads and their 

13 delivery systems, as suggested by the Department of 

14 Defense’s January 2012 strategic guidance titled 

15 ‘‘Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 

16 21st Century Defense’’. Furthermore, a number of 

17 arms control, nuclear, and national security experts 

18 have urged the United States to reduce the number 

19 of deployed nuclear warheads to no more than 

20 1,000. 

21 (5) Economic security and national security are 

22 linked and both will be well served by smart defense 

23 spending. Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the 

24 Joint Chiefs of Staff, stated on June 24, 2010, that 

25 ‘‘Our national debt is our biggest national security 


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1 threat’’ and on August 2, 2011, stated that ‘‘I 

2 haven’t changed my view that the continually in3 creasing debt is the biggest threat we have to our 

4 national security.’’. 

5 (6) The Government Accountability Office has 

6 found that there is significant waste in the construc7 tion of the nuclear facilities of the National Nuclear 

8 Security Administration of the Department of En9 ergy. 

10 SEC. 3. REDUCTION IN NUCLEAR FORCES. 

11 (a) PROHIBITION ON USE OF B–2 AND B–52 AIR12 CRAFT FOR NUCLEAR MISSIONS.—Notwithstanding any 

13 other provision of law, none of the funds authorized to 

14 be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 

15 2013 or any fiscal year thereafter for the Department of 

16 Defense may be obligated or expended to arm a B–2 or 

17 B–52 aircraft with a nuclear weapon. 

18 (b) PROHIBITION ON NEW LONG-RANGE PENE19 TRATING BOMBER AIRCRAFT.—Notwithstanding any 

20 other provision of law, none of the funds authorized to 

21 be appropriated or otherwise made available for any of fis22 cal years 2013 through 2023 for the Department of De23 fense may be obligated or expended for the research, devel24 opment, test, and evaluation or procurement of a long25 range penetrating bomber aircraft. 


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1 (c) PROHIBITION ON F–35 NUCLEAR MISSION.— 

2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 

3 funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made 

4 available for fiscal year 2013 or any fiscal year thereafter 

5 for the Department of Defense or the Department of En6 ergy may be used to make the F–35 Joint Strike Fighter 

7 aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons. 

8 (d) TERMINATION OF B61 LEP.—Notwithstanding 

9 any other provision of law, none of the funds authorized 

10 to be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal 

11 year 2013 or any fiscal year thereafter for the Department 

12 of Defense or the Department of Energy may be obligated 

13 or expended for the B61 life extension program. 

14 (e) TERMINATION OF W78 LEP.—Notwithstanding 

15 any other provision of law, none of the funds authorized 

16 to be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal 

17 year 2013 or any fiscal year thereafter for the Department 

18 of Defense or the Department of Energy may be obligated 

19 or expended for the W78 life extension program. 

20 (f) REDUCTION OF NUCLEAR-ARMED SUB21 MARINES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

22 beginning in fiscal year 2013, the forces of the Navy shall 

23 include not more than eight operational ballistic-missile 

24 submarines available for deployment. 


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1 (g) LIMITATION ON SSBN–X SUBMARINES.—Not2 withstanding any other provision of law— 

3 (1) none of the funds authorized to be appro4 priated or otherwise made available for any of fiscal 

5 years 2013 through 2023 for the Department of De6 fense may be obligated or expended for the procure7 ment of an SSBN–X submarine; and 

8 (2) none of the funds authorized to be appro9 priated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 

10 2024 or any fiscal year thereafter for the Depart11 ment of Defense may be obligated or expended for 

12 the procurement of more than eight such sub13 marines. 

14 (h) REDUCTION OF ICBMS.—Notwithstanding any 

15 other provision of law, none of the funds authorized to 

16 be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 

17 2013 or any fiscal year thereafter for the Department of 

18 Defense may be obligated or expended to maintain more 

19 than 200 intercontinental ballistic missiles. 

20 (i) REDUCTION OF SLBMS.—Notwithstanding any 

21 other provision of law, none of the funds authorized to 

22 be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 

23 2013 or any fiscal year thereafter for the Department of 

24 Defense may be obligated or expended to maintain more 

25 than 250 submarine-launched ballistic missiles. 


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1 (j) PROHIBITION ON NEW ICBM.—Notwithstanding 

2 any other provision of law, none of the funds authorized 

3 to be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal 

4 year 2013 or any fiscal year thereafter for the Department 

5 of Defense may be obligated or expended for the research, 

6 development, test, and evaluation or procurement of a new 

7 intercontinental ballistic missile. 

8 (k) TERMINATION OF MOX FUEL PLANT

9 PROJECT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

10 none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or other11 wise made available for fiscal year 2013 or any fiscal year 

12 thereafter for the Department of Defense or the Depart13 ment of Energy may be obligated or expended for the 

14 Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility project. 

15 (l) TERMINATION OF CMRR PROJECT.—Notwith16 standing any other provision of law, none of the funds au17 thorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available 

18 for fiscal year 2013 or any fiscal year thereafter for the 

19 Department of Defense or the Department of Energy may 

20 be obligated or expended for the Chemistry and Metal21 lurgy Research Replacement nuclear facility. 

22 (m) TERMINATION OF UPF.—Notwithstanding any 

23 other provision of law, none of the funds authorized to 

24 be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 

25 2013 or any fiscal year thereafter for the Department of 


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1 Defense or the Department of Energy may be obligated 

2 or expended for the Uranium Processing Facility located 

3 at the Y–12 National Security Complex. 

4 (n) TERMINATION OF MEADS.—Notwithstanding 

5 any other provision of law, none of the funds authorized 

6 to be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal 

7 year 2013 or any fiscal year thereafter for the Department 

8 of Defense may be obligated or expended for the medium 

9 extended air defense system. 

10 SEC. 4. REPORTS REQUIRED. 

11 (a) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

12 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

13 Defense and the Secretary of Energy shall jointly submit 

14 to the appropriate committees of Congress a report out15 lining the plan of each Secretary to carry out section 3. 

16 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 

17 2013, and each year thereafter, the Secretary of Defense 

18 and the Secretary of Energy shall jointly submit to the 

19 appropriate committees of Congress a report outlining the 

20 plan of each Secretary to carry out section 3, including 

21 any updates to previously submitted reports. 

22 (c) ANNUAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS ACCOUNTING.— 

23 Not later than September 30, 2013, and each year there24 after, the President shall transmit to the appropriate com25 mittees of Congress a report containing a comprehensive 


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1 accounting by the Director of the Office of Management 

2 and Budget of the amounts obligated and expended by the 

3 Federal Government for each nuclear weapon and related 

4 nuclear program during— 

5 (1) the fiscal year covered by the report; and 

6 (2) the life cycle of such weapon or program. 

7 (d) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE8 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit9 tees of Congress’’ means— 

10 (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

11 Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 

12 Appropriations, and the Committee on Energy and 

13 Natural Resources of the Senate; and 

14 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

15 Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 

16 Appropriations, the Committee on Energy and Com17 merce, and the Committee on Natural Resources of 

18 the House of Representatives. 

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