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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4177 

To implement the recommendations of the final report of the Congressional 

Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 18, 2024 

Mrs. FISCHER (for herself, Mr. WICKER, and Mr. KING) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Armed Services 

A BILL 

To implement the recommendations of the final report of 

the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture 

of the United States, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restoring American 

5 Deterrence Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) On October 12, 2023, the Congressional 

9 Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United 


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1 States (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Commis2 sion’’) released a final report entitled ‘‘America’s 

3 Strategic Posture’’. 

4 (2) The report, the consensus product of a 12- 

5 person bipartisan commission led by the Honorable 

6 Madelyn Creedon and former Senator Jon Kyl— 

7 (A) examined the latest intelligence avail8 able on current and projected global strategic 

9 threats; 

10 (B) assessed the adequacy of existing 

11 United States strategies, policies, and capabili12 ties for addressing such threats; and 

13 (C) provided a series of findings and rec14 ommendations, which were subsequently made 

15 available to the President, Congress, and the 

16 general public. 

17 (3) The findings of the Commission reflect a 

18 rapidly deteriorating international security situation 

19 that is becoming far more dangerous for the United 

20 States and its allies and partners. 

21 (4) The rapid and unprecedented growth of the 

22 nuclear arsenal of the People’s Republic of China 

23 and the massive expansion of the armed forces of 

24 the People’s Republic of China across all domains 

25 have forever altered the global balance of power. 


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1 (5) The various arms of the People’s Liberation 

2 Army can no longer be dismissed as an afterthought, 

3 and increasingly aggressive behavior by the People’s 

4 Republic of China, particularly with regard to the 

5 United States and its allies and partners in the 

6 Asia-Pacific region, offers little assurance that the 

7 rise of the People’s Republic of China will remain 

8 peaceful. 

9 (6) The Government of the Russian Federation 

10 owns, and will likely maintain for the foreseeable fu11 ture, the largest nuclear arsenal on Earth. 

12 (7) While the war following the unprovoked in13 vasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation has di14 minished the conventional armed forces of the Rus15 sian Federation, the Government of the Russian 

16 Federation— 

17 (A) continues to expand and diversify the 

18 nuclear arsenal, air and missile defenses, and 

19 space, cyber, biological, and chemical weapons 

20 capabilities of the Russian Federation; and 

21 (B) regularly flaunts such capabilities as to 

22 threaten and intimidate regional neighbors. 

23 (8) Continued efforts by the Democratic Peo24 ple’s Republic of Korea to expand and diversify its 

25 nuclear arsenal, long-range missile systems, and 


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1 chemical and biological weapons programs and the 

2 clear willingness to leverage such systems and pro3 grams to threaten and intimidate regional neighbors 

4 poses a growing danger to stability in Northeast 

5 Asia. 

6 (9) The growth of the intercontinental ballistic 

7 missile forces of the Democratic People’s Republic of 

8 Korea presents an acute danger to the people of the 

9 United States, considering such systems may soon 

10 be capable of overwhelming the mainland missile de11 fenses of the United States. 

12 (10) The long history of aggression and support 

13 for global terrorism by the Islamic Republic of Iran, 

14 including through recent use of Hamas proxies to 

15 brutally attack Israeli and United States citizens, 

16 demonstrates that the Islamic Republic of Iran has 

17 no interest in the goals of international stability and 

18 peaceful coexistence. 

19 (11) The Islamic Republic of Iran is committed 

20 to a long-term goal of further developing increas21 ingly destabilizing missile technologies and acquiring 

22 nuclear weapons to dominate the greater Middle 

23 East. 


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1 (12) Taken together, such findings reflect a 

2 global security environment very different from any 

3 the United States has ever encountered. 

4 (13) While the United States served as a bul5 wark against the Soviet Union, enduring the distant 

6 existential threat the Government of the Soviet 

7 Union posed for decades, and defied the persistent 

8 daily threat of terrorism from the earliest days of 

9 the 21st century, the United States has never faced 

10 a more complex set of global threats than are 

11 arrayed before it as of the date of the enactment of 

12 this Act. 

13 (14) The United States, in order to maintain 

14 its position in the international order, or quite pos15 sibly its very survival, must recognize this new 

16 threat environment, and urgently take prompt, deci17 sive action to transform its aging array of defenses, 

18 renovate long-neglected industrial capabilities, re19 build a strong and vibrant workforce, rebuild allied 

20 confidence in the support and leadership of the 

21 United States, and craft a common, unifying vision 

22 of purpose for all United States citizens. 

23 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

24 It is the policy of the United States— 


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1 (1) that the deterrence of strategic attacks, and 

2 in particular nuclear attacks, against the United 

3 States and its allies is the highest defense priority 

4 of the United States; and 

5 (2) to marshal the full weight of statutory and 

6 regulatory measures available to the United States 

7 Government to ensure that the Secretary of Defense 

8 and the Secretary of Energy are provided with all 

9 necessary authorities and resources required to en10 sure the maintenance of a modern, effective strategic 

11 deterrent to meet the emerging suite of unprece12 dented strategic threats against the United States. 

13 SEC. 4. ASSESSMENT OF UPDATED FORCE SIZING REQUIRE14 MENTS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

17 and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall submit 

18 to the congressional defense committees a strategy that 

19 enables the United States to concurrently— 

20 (1) achieve the nuclear employment objectives 

21 of the President against any adversary that conducts 

22 a strategic attack against the United States or its 

23 allies; 

24 (2) hold at risk all classes of adversary targets 

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1 ance issued by the President as of the date of the 

2 enactment of this Act; 

3 (3) defeat the conventional military aggression 

4 of a major adversary in one geographic theater, 

5 while simultaneously providing a credible conven6 tional deterrent to opportunistic aggression in a sep7 arate geographic theater; 

8 (4) provide a credible defense against limited 

9 long-range strikes against the United States home10 land; 

11 (5) satisfy requirements of the combatant com12 mands for the presence of surface and subsurface 

13 Navy forces at rates of 80 percent or more; and 

14 (6) maintain the capacity to regularly place a 

15 portion of the strategic bomber fleets of the United 

16 States on alert while not substantially undermining 

17 the requirements of the combatant commands for 

18 the presence of conventional bombers. 

19 (b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by subsection 

20 (a) shall include the following elements: 

21 (1) An assessment of the amount of nuclear 

22 and conventional forces necessary to implement such 

23 strategy. 

24 (2) A description of the classes of targets nec25 essary to hold at risk via nuclear forces in order to 


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1 achieve the requirements of the United States Stra2 tegic Command and the deterrence and assurance 

3 objectives of the United States. 

4 (3) A comparison of the quantity of targets 

5 held at risk via the nuclear forces of the United 

6 States at the end of each presidential administration 

7 since January 21, 1977, and targets that are held 

8 at risk as of the date of the submission of the strat9 egy. 

10 (4) A projection of the planned growth in po11 tential target quantities due to the expansion and di12 versification of likely adversary capabilities during 

13 the period beginning on the date of the enactment 

14 of this Act and ending on the date that is 10 years 

15 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

16 (5) A comparison of the quantities and various 

17 employment options available in the nuclear weapons 

18 stockpile of the United States at the end of each 

19 presidential administration since January 21, 1977, 

20 and options that are available as of the date of the 

21 submission of the strategy. 

22 (6) A projection of the planned quantities and 

23 employment options that will be available in the nu24 clear weapons stockpile of the United States during 

25 the period beginning on the date of the enactment 


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1 of this Act and ending on the date that is 10 years 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

3 (7) An assessment of the impact of delays in 

4 ongoing or planned modernization programs of nu5 clear, missile defense, space, or conventional military 

6 forces of the United States. 

7 (8) Any other factors the Secretary or the 

8 Chairman believe pertinent for assessing force sizing 

9 requirements. 

10 (c) FORM.—The strategy required by subsection (a) 

11 shall be submitted in classified form and shall include a 

12 unclassified summary. 

13 (d) CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DE14 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘congressional defense 

15 committees’’ means— 

16 (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

17 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

18 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

19 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep20 resentatives. 

21 SEC. 5. MODERNIZATION OF THE INTEGRATED TACTICAL 

22 WARNING AND ATTACK ASSESSMENT SYS23 TEM. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

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1 and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in coordi2 nation with the Commander of United States Strategic 

3 Command, the Commander of the United States Space 

4 Command, and the Commander of the United States 

5 Northern Command, shall develop a plan for the com6 prehensive modernization of the United States integrated 

7 tactical warning and attack assessment system (referred 

8 to in this section as the ‘‘system’’). 

9 (b) INCLUSION OF NONTRADITIONAL SENSORS.— 

10 The plan required by subsection (a) shall include a strat11 egy for incorporating information from nontraditional 

12 data streams of the system, including sensor architectures 

13 designed for missile defenses, to provide Federal Govern14 ment officials with greater fidelity and improved threat 

15 characterization, while minimizing potential degradation 

16 in system reliability and integrity. 

17 (c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days 

18 after concluding the development of the plan required by 

19 subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 

20 the congressional defense committees— 

21 (1) a report summarizing the plan; and 

22 (2) initial acquisition cost estimates and 

23 timelines necessary to implement the plan. 


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1 (d) FORMAT.—The report required by subsection (c) 

2 shall be submitted in a classified form and shall include 

3 an unclassified summary. 

4 (e) CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DE5 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘congressional defense 

6 committees’’ means— 

7 (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

8 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

9 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

10 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep11 resentatives. 

12 SEC. 6. NATIONAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

14 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De15 fense, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy, the 

16 Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Labor, the 

17 Secretary of Education, and the Secretary of Commerce, 

18 shall develop a strategy for collaborating with State and 

19 local governments to promote the development of a skilled 

20 manufacturing and high-demand vocational trade work21 force to support the expansion of the national technology 

22 and industrial base and nuclear security enterprise. 

23 (b) REPORTS REQUIRED.— 

24 (1) STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later 

25 than 120 days after the development of the strategy 


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1 described in subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense 

2 shall submit to Congress a report that outlines the 

3 strategy and includes a detailed description of meas4 ures to implement the strategy, including planned 

5 schedules and progress milestones. 

6 (2) ANNUAL IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS.— 

7 Not later than November 15, 2024, and annually 

8 thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 

9 Congress a report on any progress made in imple10 menting the strategy. 

11 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 (1) NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL

13 BASE.—The term ‘‘national technology and indus14 trial base’’ has the meaning given that term in sec15 tion 4801 of title 10, United States Code. 

16 (2) NUCLEAR SECURITY ENTERPRISE.—The 

17 term ‘‘nuclear security enterprise’’ has the meaning 

18 given that term in section 4002 of the Atomic En19 ergy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2501). 

20 SEC. 7. ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL INTEGRATED AIR 

21 AND MISSILE DEFENSE ARCHITECTURE FOR 

22 THE UNITED STATES. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

24 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

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1 tion with the Commander of the United States Northern 

2 Command, the Commander of the United States Space 

3 Command, and the Director of the Missile Defense Agen4 cy, shall develop a comprehensive integrated architecture 

5 for defending the United States against all forms of mis6 sile attacks. 

7 (b) ELEMENTS.—The architecture required by sub8 section (a) shall include the following elements: 

9 (1) An identification of terrestrial, maritime, 

10 orbital, and cyber technological capabilities to ad11 dress nonballistic and ballistic missile threats to the 

12 United States, including the sensor, command and 

13 control, and missile defeat systems that the Sec14 retary and Chairman determine are required for the 

15 operation of an integrated missile defense architec16 ture for the United States during the 10-year period 

17 beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

18 (2) The technological requirements to ensure 

19 compatibility with the integrated air and missile de20 fense capabilities of the North Atlantic Treaty Orga21 nization and integrated air and missile defense ar22 chitecture in the Indo-Pacific region that is under 

23 development as of the date of the enactment of this 

24 Act. 


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1 (3) An integrated, time-phased development, 

2 procurement, and deployment schedule for the sys3 tems comprising the specified architecture. 

4 (4) The development and integration risk of the 

5 proposed architecture. 

6 (5) The personnel required to operate the pro7 posed architecture, including opportunities for reduc8 ing the anticipated personnel requirements through 

9 increased use of automation. 

10 (6) Any other matters the Secretary of Defense 

11 and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff con12 sider appropriate. 

13 (c) DESIGNATION OF OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR

14 ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPMENT.— 

15 (1) DESIGNATION.—Not later than 90 days 

16 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec17 retary of Defense shall designate a senior official of 

18 the Department of Defense who shall be responsible 

19 for the architecture specified in subsection (a). 

20 (2) DUTIES.—The duties of the official des21 ignated under paragraph (1) shall include the fol22 lowing: 

23 (A) Designing the defensive architecture 

24 for the United States. 


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1 (B) Overseeing development of an inte2 grated missile defense acquisition strategy for 

3 the United States. 

4 (C) Ensuring the budgets of each military 

5 department and defense agency are appropriate 

6 for the architecture required by subsection (a). 

7 (D) Siting the integrated missile defense 

8 systems comprising the architecture described 

9 in subsection (a). 

10 (E) Overseeing long-term acquisition and 

11 sustainment of the architecture. 

12 (F) Such other duties as the Secretary de13 termines appropriate. 

14 (3) REPORT REQUIRED.—Concurrent with the 

15 submission of each budget of the President under 

16 section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, until 

17 the end of the period specified in paragraph (4), the 

18 official designated under paragraph (1) shall submit 

19 to the congressional defense committees a report on 

20 the actions taken by the official to carry out the du21 ties set forth under paragraph (2). 

22 (4) TERMINATION.—The authority of this sub23 section shall terminate on the date that is 3 years 

24 after the date on which the official designated under 

25 paragraph (1) determines that the integrated missile 


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1 defense architecture described in subsection (a) has 

2 achieved initial operational capability. 

3 (d) CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DE4 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘congressional defense 

5 committees’’ means— 

6 (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

7 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

8 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

9 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep10 resentatives. 

11 SEC. 8. PREPARATIONS FOR POSSIBLE DEPLOYMENT OF 

12 ADDITIONAL INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC 

13 MISSILES. 

14 (a) ACTIVATION PLAN.—Not later than 120 days 

15 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

16 of the Air Force, in coordination with the Under Secretary 

17 of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and the Com18 mander of United States Strategic Command, shall de19 velop a plan for deploying not more than 50 Sentinel inter20 continental ballistic missiles in addition to the 400 Min21 uteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles currently de22 ployed, during the planned life of the Sentinel interconti23 nental ballistic missile weapon system. 

24 (b) ALTERNATIVE ACQUISITION STRATEGY.—In de25 veloping the plan required by subsection (a), the Secretary 


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1 shall direct the Program Executive Officer for Interconti2 nental Ballistic Missiles to prepare an alternative acquisi3 tion strategy for the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic mis4 sile weapon system that accommodates the deployment of 

5 not more than 50 additional Sentinel intercontinental bal6 listic missiles, which shall include— 

7 (1) a plan to procure booster sets that will ac8 commodate the deployment of at least 450 Sentinel 

9 intercontinental ballistic missiles during the planned 

10 life of the system and satisfy anticipated testing re11 quirements; 

12 (2) a plan develop and to procure reentry vehi13 cles necessary to support the planned life of the 

14 weapon system and satisfy anticipated testing re15 quirements; 

16 (3) a plan develop and to procure counter17 measures to support the deployment of at least 450 

18 Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missiles during the 

19 planned life of the system and satisfy anticipated 

20 testing requirements; 

21 (4) a plan to procure ground support and main22 tenance equipment to support the deployment of at 

23 least 450 Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missiles 

24 during the planned life of the system; and 


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1 (5) recommendations for adjustments to the 

2 baseline acquisition strategy as the Program Execu3 tive Officer determines necessary to achieve the plan 

4 required by subsection (a). 

5 (c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days 

6 after the development of the plan required by subsection 

7 (a), the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the 

8 congressional defense committees a report containing a 

9 summary of the plan and initial acquisition cost estimates 

10 and timelines for executing the plan. 

11 (d) CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DE12 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘congressional defense 

13 committees’’ means— 

14 (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

15 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

16 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

17 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep18 resentatives. 

19 SEC. 9. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MANAGE20 MENT AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS. 

21 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF

22 DEFENSE FOR NUCLEAR DETERRENCE POLICY AND PRO23 GRAMS.—Section 138(b)(4) of title 10, United States 

24 Code, is amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(4) One of the Assistant Secretaries is the As2 sistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Deterrence 

3 Policy and Programs. The principal duty of the As4 sistant Secretary shall be the overall supervision (in5 cluding oversight of policy and resources) of nuclear 

6 deterrence activities of the Department of Defense. 

7 The Assistant Secretary is the principal civilian ad8 viser to the Secretary of Defense on nuclear deter9 rence policies, operations, and associated programs 

10 within the senior management of the Department of 

11 Defense. 

12 ‘‘(A) Subject to the authority, direction, 

13 and control of the Secretary of Defense, the As14 sistant Secretary shall— 

15 ‘‘(i) advise and assist the Secretary of 

16 Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense 

17 for Acquisition and Sustainment, and the 

18 Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in 

19 the development and supervision of policy, 

20 program planning and execution, and allo21 cation and use of resources for the activi22 ties of the Department of Defense on all 

23 matters relating to the sustainment, oper24 ation, and modernization of United States 

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1 ‘‘(ii) communicate views on issues 

2 within the responsibility of the Assistant 

3 Secretary directly to the Secretary of De4 fense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense 

5 without obtaining the approval or concur6 rence of any other official within the De7 partment of Defense; 

8 ‘‘(iii) serve as the Staff Director of 

9 the Nuclear Weapons Council established 

10 by section 179 of this title; 

11 ‘‘(iv) serve as the principal interface 

12 with the Department of Energy on issues 

13 relating to nuclear fuels, and in coordina14 tion with the Assistant Secretary of De15 fense for Energy, Installations, and Envi16 ronment, advise the Secretary of Defense 

17 on nuclear energy matters; and 

18 ‘‘(v) advise the Secretary of Defense, 

19 the Under Secretary of Defense for Acqui20 sition and Sustainment, and the Under 

21 Secretary of Defense for Policy on all mat22 ters relating to defending against chemical, 

23 biological, and other weapons of mass de24 struction. 


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1 ‘‘(B) In the discharge of the responsibil2 ities specified in subparagraph (A), the Assist3 ant Secretary is immediately subordinate to the 

4 Secretary of Defense. Unless otherwise directed 

5 by the President or statute, no officer other 

6 than those specified in subparagraph (A)(i) may 

7 intervene to exercise authority, direction, or 

8 control over the Assistant Secretary in the dis9 charge of such responsibilities.’’. 

10 (b) MODIFICATION OF DUTIES FOR UNDER SEC11 RETARY OF DEFENSE FOR ACQUISITION AND

12 SUSTAINMENT.—Section 133b of title 10, United States 

13 Code, is amended— 

14 (1) in paragraph (5)— 

15 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; 

16 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; and 

17 (B) by adding after subparagraph (C), the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(D) chairman of the Nuclear Weapons 

20 Council established by section 179 of this title; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(E) co-chairman of the Council on Over23 sight of the National Leadership Command, 

24 Control, and Communications System estab25 lished by section 171a of this title;’’; and 


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1 (2) by amending paragraph (6) to read as fol2 lows: 

3 ‘‘(6) overseeing— 

4 ‘‘(A) the sustainment and modernization of 

5 United States nuclear forces, including the nu6 clear command, control, and communications 

7 system; and 

8 ‘‘(B) military department and Defense 

9 Agency programs to develop capabilities to 

10 counter weapons of mass destruction;’’. 

11 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 179 of 

12 title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Nu13 clear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs’’ each 

14 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Nuclear Deterrence Policy 

15 and Programs’’. 

16 SEC. 10. NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

17 MANAGEMENT AND PROCESS IMPROVE18 MENTS. 

19 (a) MODIFICATIONS TO NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECU20 RITY ADMINISTRATION ACT.—The National Nuclear Se21 curity Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.) is 

22 amended— 

23 (1) in section 3211— 

24 (A) by amending subsection (b)(2) to read 

25 as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(2) To support the deterrence of strategic at2 tacks against the United States by maintaining and 

3 enhancing the performance, reliability, security, and 

4 safety of the United States nuclear weapons stock5 pile, including the ability to design, produce, and 

6 test nuclear weapons as necessary in order to meet 

7 national security requirements.’’; and 

8 (B) in subsection (c), by redesignating 

9 paragraphs (1) through (3) as paragraphs (2) 

10 through (4), respectively, and inserting the fol11 lowing new paragraph (1): 

12 ‘‘(1) fulfilling, to the maximum extent possible, 

13 the requirements for nuclear weapons of the Depart14 ment of Defense;’’; 

15 (2) in section 3213(a)(2), by inserting ‘‘infra16 structure construction and maintenance,’’ after ‘‘nu17 clear weapons,’’; 

18 (3) by amending section 3214(b)(1) to read as 

19 follows: 

20 ‘‘(1) Supporting the deterrence of strategic at21 tacks by maintaining and enhancing the perform22 ance, reliability, and security of the United States 

23 nuclear weapons stockpile, including the ability to 

24 design, produce, and test as necessary in order to 

25 meet national security requirements.’’; and 


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1 (4) in section 3264, by striking ‘‘for the use’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘for the cost-reimbursable use’’. 

3 (b) MODIFICATIONS TO NONPROLIFERATION AND

4 NATIONAL SECURITY SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP

5 PROGRAMS.—Section 3113 of the Duncan Hunter Na6 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (50 

7 U.S.C. 2444) is amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘Department of Energy’’ each 

9 place it appears and inserting ‘‘National Nuclear Se10 curity Administration’’; and 

11 (2) by striking ‘‘of the Department’’ each place 

12 it appears and inserting ‘‘of the Administration’’; 

13 (c) MODIFICATIONS TO CERTAIN NUCLEAR WEAP14 ONS STOCKPILE MATTERS.—The Atomic Energy Defense 

15 Act (50 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) is amended— 

16 (1) in section 4201(b)— 

17 (A) by striking paragraph (5); 

18 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

19 through (4) as paragraphs (2) through (5), re20 spectively; 

21 (C) by inserting after the matter preceding 

22 paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following 

23 new paragraph (1): 

24 ‘‘(1) An increased level of effort for the con25 struction of new facilities and the modernization of 


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1 existing facilities with production and manufacturing 

2 capabilities that are necessary to support the deter3 rence of strategic attacks against the United States 

4 by maintaining and enhancing the performance, reli5 ability, and security of the United States nuclear 

6 weapons stockpile, including— 

7 ‘‘(A) the nuclear weapons production facili8 ties; and 

9 ‘‘(B) production and manufacturing capa10 bilities resident in the national security labora11 tories.’’; 

12 (D) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, 

13 by striking ‘‘An increased level of effort’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘Support’’; 

15 (E) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, 

16 by striking ‘‘An increased level of effort’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘Support’’; and 

18 (F) by amending paragraph (4), as so re19 designated, to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘(4) Support for the modernization of facilities 

21 and projects that contribute to the experimental ca22 pabilities of the United States that support the 

23 sustainment and modernization of the United States 

24 nuclear weapons stockpile and the capabilities re25 quired to assess nuclear weapons effects.’’; 


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1 (2) in section 4204— 

2 (A) in subsection (a)— 

3 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

4 (1)— 

5 (I) by inserting ‘‘, modernization, 

6 and replacement, as required,’’ after 

7 ‘‘effective management’’; and 

8 (II) by striking ‘‘, including the 

9 extension of the effective life of such 

10 weapons’’; 

11 (ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘in12 crease the reliability, safety, and security’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘enhance the performance 

14 and reliability’’; 

15 (iii) by redesignating paragraphs (3), 

16 (4), and (5) as paragraphs (4), (5), and 

17 (6), respectively; 

18 (iv) by inserting after paragraph (2) 

19 the following new paragraph (3): 

20 ‘‘(3) To maintain the safety and security of the 

21 nuclear weapons stockpile.’’; and 

22 (v) by amending paragraph (4), as so 

23 redesignated, to read as follows: 

24 ‘‘(4) To optimize the future size of the nuclear 

25 weapons stockpile.’’; and 


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1 (B) in subsection (b)— 

2 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

3 (I) by striking ‘‘made to achieve’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘consistent with’’; and 

5 (II) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in6 serting a semicolon; 

7 (ii) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 

8 paragraph (3); 

9 (iii) by inserting after paragraph (1) 

10 the following new paragraph (2): 

11 ‘‘(2) any changes made to the stockpile con12 sistent with the objectives identified in subsection 

13 (a) are carried out in a cost effective manner; and’’; 

14 and 

15 (iv) in paragraph (3)— 

16 (I) by amending subparagraph 

17 (A) to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(A) are well understood and certifiable 

19 without the need to resume underground nu20 clear weapons testing’’; and 

21 (II) by adding at the end the fol22 lowing new subparagraph: 

23 ‘‘(C) develop future generations of design, 

24 certification, and production expertise in the 

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1 ment of mission requirements of the future 

2 stockpile.’’; 

3 (3) in section 4209(a)(1), in the matter pre4 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘phase 1 or 

5 phase 6.1’’ and inserting ‘‘phase 2 or phase 6.2’’; 

6 (4) in section 4212— 

7 (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking, ‘‘as 

8 specified in the most recent Nuclear Posture 

9 Review’’; 

10 (B) in subsection (b)— 

11 (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting 

12 ‘‘and high explosives manufacturing’’ after 

13 ‘‘weapons assembly’’; 

14 (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking 

15 ‘‘fissile materials components processing 

16 and fabrication’’ and inserting ‘‘proc17 essing’’; 

18 (iii) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

19 paragraph (5); and 

20 (iv) by inserting after paragraph (3), 

21 the following new paragraph (4): 

22 ‘‘(4) The fissile material component processing 

23 and fabrication capabilities of the Savannah River 

24 Plutonium Processing Facility and the Los Alamos 

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1 (C) by striking subsection (c); 

2 (5) by striking section 4216; 

3 (6) in section 4405— 

4 (A) by amending subsection (a) to read as 

5 follows: 

6 ‘‘(a) ACCELERATED CLEANUP.—The Secretary of 

7 Energy shall accelerate the schedule for defense environ8 mental cleanup activities and projects for a site at a De9 partment of Energy defense nuclear facility if the Sec10 retary determines that such an accelerated schedule will 

11 accelerate the recapitalization, modernization, or replace12 ment of National Nuclear Security Administration facili13 ties supporting the nuclear weapons stockpile, achieve 

14 meaningful, long-term cost savings to the Federal Govern15 ment, or could substantially accelerate the release of land 

16 for local reuse without undermining national security ob17 jectives.’’; and 

18 (B) in subsection (b)— 

19 (i) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

20 through (4) as paragraphs (2) through (5), 

21 respectively; and 

22 (ii) by inserting after the matter pre23 ceding paragraph (2), as so redesignated, 

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1 ‘‘(1) The extent to which accelerated cleanup 

2 schedules can contribute to a more rapid moderniza3 tion of National Nuclear Security Administration fa4 cilities.’’; and 

5 (7) in section 4713— 

6 (A) in the heading of subsection (a)(1), by 

7 inserting ‘‘AND NEW NUCLEAR WEAPON PRO8 GRAM’’ after ‘‘EXTENSION’’; and 

9 (B) by inserting ‘‘or new nuclear weapon 

10 program’’ after ‘‘stockpile life extension’’ each 

11 place it appears. 

12 SEC. 11. MATTERS RELATING TO THE DEFENSE PRODUC13 TION ACT. 

14 The Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 

15 4501 et seq.) is amended— 

16 (1) in section 301— 

17 (A) in subsection(a)(3)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘, 

18 in advance,’’; and 

19 (B) in subsection (d)(1)(A), by striking 

20 ‘‘$50,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$150,000,000’’; 

21 and 

22 (2) in section 304(e), by striking 

23 ‘‘$750,000,000’’ each place it appears and inserting 

24 ‘‘$1,500,000,000’’. 


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1 SEC. 12. RESTORATION OF A DOMESTIC URANIUM ENRICH2 MENT CAPABILITY. 

3 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the Sense of Con4 gress that— 

5 (1) the inability of the United States to domes6 tically produce unencumbered enriched uranium un7 dermines the national security of the United States 

8 and represents an unnecessary hurdle on the path to 

9 energy independence of the United States; 

10 (2) existing programs within the Department of 

11 Energy to explore various enrichment technologies 

12 are not advancing on a pace to rectify such inability 

13 with any apparent urgency; and 

14 (3) without clear statutory guidance to the con15 trary, bureaucratic inertia will prevail and continue 

16 to drag out the to domestically produce 

17 unencumbered enriched uranium for another decade 

18 or longer with little demonstrable progress toward 

19 restoring a scalable domestic uranium enrichment 

20 capability. 

21 (b) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

22 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy 

23 shall conduct an assessment to evaluate at least 2, but 

24 not more than 4, geographically disparate possible loca25 tions in the United States that would be best suited to 

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1 ment of unencumbered uranium, including highly-enriched 

2 uranium suitable for defense applications. 

3 (c) ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION.—Once a lo4 cation has been selected pursuant to subsection (d)(2), the 

5 Secretary shall issue a notice of intent to prepare an envi6 ronmental document in accordance with the National En7 vironmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 

8 (d) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 150 days 

9 after commencing the assessment required by subsection 

10 (b), the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the congres11 sional defense committees a report outlining the results 

12 of such assessment, including— 

13 (1) an initial cost assessment for the construc14 tion at least one facility; and 

15 (2) a statement declaring a preferred location 

16 or locations from among the locations evaluated pur17 suant to subsection (b). 

18 (e) CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DE19 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘congressional defense 

20 committees’’ means— 

21 (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

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1 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

2 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep3 resentatives. 

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