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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. 

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 

A BILL 

To prohibit the use of funds to reduce the nuclear forces 

of the United States. 

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

3 SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FUNDS TO RE4 DUCE UNITED STATES NUCLEAR FORCES. 

5 (a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds authorized to 

6 be appropriated to the Department of Defense or the Na7 tional Nuclear Security Administration for any of fiscal 


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1 years 2022 through 2027 may be obligated or expended 

2 to reduce— 

3 (1) the total quantity of strategic delivery sys4 tems below the quantity of such systems as of Janu5 ary 1, 2021; 

6 (2) the quantity of deployed or non-deployed 

7 strategic delivery systems below the quantities de8 scribed as the ‘‘Final New START Treaty Force 

9 Structure’’ in the plan on the implementation of the 

10 New START Treaty required by section 1042 of the 

11 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

12 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1575); or 

13 (3) the size of the nuclear weapons stockpile 

14 below the size of the stockpile as of January 1, 

15 2021. 

16 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The prohibition under subsection 

17 (a) does not apply to— 

18 (1) reductions made to ensure the safety, secu19 rity, reliability, and credibility of the nuclear weap20 ons stockpile and strategic delivery systems, includ21 ing activities related to surveillance, assessment, cer22 tification, testing, and maintenance of nuclear weap23 ons and strategic delivery systems; 


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1 (2) temporary reductions in the quantity of nu2 clear weapons or deployed strategic delivery systems 

3 to facilitate the fielding of modernized replacements; 

4 (3) nuclear weapons that are retired or await5 ing dismantlement as of January 1, 2021; or 

6 (4) reductions made pursuant to a treaty with 

7 respect to which the Senate has provided its advice 

8 and consent pursuant to article II, section 2, clause 

9 2 of the Constitution of the United States. 

10 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

11 (1) NEW START TREATY.—The term ‘‘New 

12 START Treaty’’ means the Treaty between the 

13 United States of America and the Russian Federa14 tion on Measures for the Further Reduction and 

15 Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed on 

16 April 8, 2010, and entered into force on February 

17 5, 2011. 

18 (2) STRATEGIC DELIVERY SYSTEM.—The term 

19 ‘‘strategic delivery system’’ means any of the fol20 lowing: 

21 (A) LGM–30G Minuteman III interconti22 nental ballistic missiles and any associated re23 entry vehicles. 


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1 (B) Launch facilities for LGM–30G Min2 uteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles, 

3 whether deployed or non-deployed. 

4 (C) Ohio-class fleet ballistic missile sub5 marines. 

6 (D) UGM–133 Trident II submarine7 launched ballistic missiles and any associated 

8 reentry vehicles. 

9 (E) B–52H Stratofortress long-range 

10 heavy bombers. 

11 (F) B–2A Spirit stealth bombers. 

12 (G) AGM–86B air-launched cruise mis13 siles. 


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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 


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