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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4107 

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 prohibit the procurement of new intercontinental ballistic 

missiles, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 27, 2014 

Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 

MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. POCAN, Mr. POLIS, 

Mr. QUIGLEY, and Ms. SPEIER) 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 prohibit the procurement of new intercontinental ballistic missiles, 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 ‘‘Reduce Expenditures 

5 in Nuclear Infrastructure Now Act’’ or the ‘‘REIN–IN 

6 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) The Berlin Wall fell in 1989, the Soviet 

4 Union no longer exists, and the Cold War is over. 

5 The nature of threats to the national security and 

6 military interests of the United States has changed. 

7 However, the United States continues to maintain 

8 an enormous arsenal of nuclear weapons and deliv9 ery systems that were devised with the Cold War in 

10 mind. 

11 (2) The current nuclear arsenal of the United 

12 States includes approximately 5,000 total nuclear 

13 warheads, of which approximately 2,000 are de14 ployed with three delivery components: long-range 

15 strategic bomber aircraft, land-based interconti16 nental ballistic missiles, and submarine-launched 

17 ballistic missiles. The bomber fleet of the United 

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

19 United States maintains 450 intercontinental bal20 listic missiles. The United States also maintains 14 

21 Ohio-class submarines, up to 12 of which are de22 ployed at sea. Each of those submarines is armed 

23 with up to 96 independently targetable nuclear war24 heads. 

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

26 security comes at significant cost. Over the next 10 


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1 years, the United States will spend hundreds of bil2 lions of dollars maintaining and upgrading its nu3 clear force, according to the Congressional Budget 

4 Office. A substantial decrease in spending on the nu5 clear arsenal of the United States is prudent for 

6 both the budget and national security. 

7 (4) The national security interests of the 

8 United States can be well served by reducing the 

9 total number of deployed nuclear warheads and their 

10 delivery systems, as stated by the Department of 

11 Defense’s June 2013 nuclear policy guidance enti12 tled, ‘‘Report on Nuclear Employment Strategy of 

13 the United States’’. This guidance found that force 

14 levels under the Treaty on Measures for the Further 

15 Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive 

16 Arms, signed on April 8, 2010, and entered into 

17 force on February 5, 2011, between the United 

18 States and the Russian Federation (commonly 

19 known as the ‘‘New START Treaty’’) ‘‘are more 

20 than adequate for what the United States needs to 

21 fulfill its national security objectives’’ and that the 

force can be reduced by up to 1 22 ⁄3 below levels under 

23 the New START Treaty to 1,000 to 1,100 war24 heads. 


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1 (5) Even without additional reductions in de2 ployed strategic warheads, the United States can 

3 save tens of billions of dollars by deploying those 

4 warheads more efficiently on delivery systems and by 

5 deferring production of new delivery systems until 

6 they are needed. 

7 (6) Economic security and national security are 

8 linked and both will be well served by smart defense 

9 spending. Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the 

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

11 ‘‘Our national debt is our biggest national security 

12 threat’’ and on August 2, 2011, stated, ‘‘I haven’t 

13 changed my view that the continually increasing 

14 debt is the biggest threat we have to our national se15 curity.’’. 

16 (7) The Government Accountability Office has 

17 found that there is significant waste in the construc18 tion of the nuclear facilities of the National Nuclear 

19 Security Administration of the Department of En20 ergy. 

21 SEC. 3. REDUCTION IN NUCLEAR FORCES. 

22 (a) PROHIBITION ON NEW LONG-RANGE PENE23 TRATING BOMBER AIRCRAFT.—Notwithstanding any 

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

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1 cal years 2014 through 2023 for the Department of De2 fense may be obligated or expended for the research, devel3 opment, test, and evaluation or procurement of a long4 range penetrating bomber aircraft. 

5 (b) PROHIBITION ON F–35 NUCLEAR MISSION.— 

6 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 

7 funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made 

8 available for fiscal year 2014 or any fiscal year thereafter 

9 for the Department of Defense or the Department of En10 ergy may be used to make the F–35 Joint Strike Fighter 

11 aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons. 

12 (c) REDUCTION IN THE B61 LIFE EXTENSION PRO13 GRAM.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 

14 of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise 

15 made available for fiscal year 2014 or any fiscal year 

16 thereafter for the Department of Defense or the Depart17 ment of Energy may be obligated or expended until the 

18 Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy jointly 

19 certify to Congress that the total cost of the B61 life ex20 tension program has been reduced to not more than 

21 $5,000,000,000. 

22 (d) TERMINATION OF W78 LIFE EXTENSION PRO23 GRAM.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 

24 of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise 

25 made available for fiscal year 2014 or any fiscal year 


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1 thereafter for the Department of Defense or the Depart2 ment of Energy may be obligated or expended for the W78 

3 life extension program. 

4 (e) REDUCTION OF NUCLEAR-ARMED SUB5 MARINES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

6 beginning in fiscal year 2020, the forces of the Navy shall 

7 include not more than eight ballistic-missile submarines 

8 available for deployment. 

9 (f) LIMITATION ON SSBN–X SUBMARINES.—Not10 withstanding any other provision of law— 

11 (1) none of the funds authorized to be appro12 priated or otherwise made available for any of fiscal 

13 years 2014 through 2023 for the Department of De14 fense may be obligated or expended for the procure15 ment of an SSBN–X submarine; and 

16 (2) none of the funds authorized to be appro17 priated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 

18 2024 or any fiscal year thereafter for the Depart19 ment of Defense may be obligated or expended for 

20 the procurement of more than eight such sub21 marines. 

22 (g) REDUCTION OF SUBMARINE-LAUNCHED BAL23 LISTIC MISSILES.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

24 of law, none of the funds authorized to be appropriated 

25 or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2014 or any 


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1 fiscal year thereafter for the Department of Defense may 

2 be obligated or expended to maintain more than 250 sub3 marine-launched ballistic missiles. 

4 (h) PROHIBITION ON NEW INTERCONTINENTAL BAL5 LISTIC MISSILE.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

6 law, none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or 

7 otherwise made available for any of fiscal years 2014 

8 through 2023 for the Department of Defense may be obli9 gated or expended for the research, development, test, and 

10 evaluation or procurement of a new intercontinental bal11 listic missile. 

12 (i) REDUCTION OF INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC

13 MISSILES ON HIGH ALERT STATUS.—Notwithstanding 

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

15 to be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal 

16 year 2014 or any fiscal year thereafter for the Department 

17 of Defense may be obligated or expended to maintain more 

18 than 150 intercontinental ballistic missiles on a 24-hour, 

19 high alert status. 

20 (j) TERMINATION OF MIXED OXIDE FUEL FABRICA21 TION FACILITY PROJECT.—Notwithstanding any other 

22 provision of law, none of the funds authorized to be appro23 priated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2014 

24 or any fiscal year thereafter for the Department of De25 fense or the Department of Energy may be obligated or 


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1 expended for the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility 

2 project. 

3 (k) TERMINATION OF CHEMISTRY AND METALLURGY

4 RESEARCH BUILDING REPLACEMENT PROJECT.—Not5 withstanding section 4215 of the Atomic Energy Defense 

6 Act (50 U.S.C. 2535) or any other provision of law, none 

7 of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise 

8 made available for fiscal year 2014 or any fiscal year 

9 thereafter for the Department of Defense or the Depart10 ment of Energy may be obligated or expended to replace 

11 the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Building at Los 

12 Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico. 

13 (l) TERMINATION OF URANIUM PROCESSING FACIL14 ITY.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 

15 of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise 

16 made available for fiscal year 2014 or any fiscal year 

17 thereafter for the Department of Defense or the Depart18 ment of Energy may be obligated or expended for the Ura19 nium Processing Facility located at the Y–12 National Se20 curity Complex, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. 

21 (m) TERMINATION OF MEDIUM EXTENDED AIR DE22 FENSE SYSTEM.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

23 law, none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or 

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1 ligated or expended for the medium extended air defense 

2 system. 

3 SEC. 4. REPORTS REQUIRED. 

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

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

6 Defense and the Secretary of Energy shall jointly submit 

7 to the appropriate committees of Congress a report out8 lining the plan of each Secretary to carry out section 3. 

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

10 2015, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Defense 

11 and the Secretary of Energy shall jointly submit to the 

12 appropriate committees of Congress a report outlining the 

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

14 any updates to previously submitted reports. 

15 (c) ANNUAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS ACCOUNTING.— 

16 Not later than September 30, 2015, and annually there17 after, the President shall transmit to the appropriate com18 mittees of Congress a report containing a comprehensive 

19 accounting by the Director of the Office of Management 

20 and Budget of the amounts obligated and expended by the 

21 Federal Government for each nuclear weapon and related 

22 nuclear program during— 

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

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


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1 (d) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE2 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit3 tees of Congress’’ means— 

4 (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

5 Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 

6 Appropriations, and the Committee on Energy and 

7 Natural Resources of the Senate; and 

8 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

9 Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 

10 Appropriations, the Committee on Energy and Com11 merce, and the Committee on Natural Resources of 

12 the House of Representatives. 

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