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sional defense committees a report that describes any 
operational limitations and trade-offs that would be 
associated 
with 
deploying 
nuclear-capable 
sea- 
launched cruise missiles on naval vessels, including— 
(A) the effect of allocating missile or torpedo 
tubes from conventional munitions to nuclear 
munitions; 
(B) operational constraints and trade-offs 
associated with reserving or limiting naval ves-
sels on account of nuclear mission requirements; 
(C) trade-offs in posture and capabilities 
that the Navy would likely face if the Navy had 
to allocate more resources to a nuclear-capable 
missiles; and 
(D) any other issues identified by the Sec-
retary. 
(4) DEVELOPMENT.—Not later than 270 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Admin-
istrator for Nuclear Security shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report that describes 
the cost and timeline of developing and producing a 
warhead for a nuclear-capable sea-launched cruise 
missile, including— 
(A) the cost of developing, producing, and 
sustaining the warhead; 
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(B) the timeline for the design, production, 
and fielding of the warhead; and 
(C) an assessment of how the pursuit of the 
warhead would affect other planned warhead ac-
tivities of the National Nuclear Security Admin-
istration, including whether there would be risk 
to the cost and schedule of other warhead pro-
grams of the Administration if the Adminis-
trator added a nuclear-capable sea-launched 
cruise missile warhead to the portfolio of such 
programs. 
(5) PREFERRED COURSE OF ACTION.—To inform 
the reports under this subsection, not later than 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report identifying one or more 
preferred courses of action from among the actions 
identified in the analysis of alternatives for a nu-
clear-capable sea-launched cruise missile. 
(c) LIMITATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds authorized 
to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made 
available for fiscal year 2023 for the Department of 
Defense or the National Nuclear Security Administra-
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tion may be obligated or expended for a purpose spec-
ified in paragraph (2) until— 
(A) each of the reports under subsection (b) 
have been submitted to the congressional defense 
committees; and 
(B) the Secretary of Defense, in coordina-
tion with the Administrator for Nuclear Secu-
rity, certifies to the congressional defense com-
mittees that the development and deployment of 
a nuclear-capable sea-launched cruise missile is 
required to meet a valid military requirement 
and would not create significant risk to conven-
tional or nuclear deterrence by constraining con-
ventional military operations or trading-off with 
the pursuit of other conventional or nuclear mili-
tary capabilities. 
(2) FUNDS SPECIFIED.—The purposes specified 
in this paragraph are the following: 
(A) With respect to the Department of De-
fense, system development and demonstration of 
a nuclear-capable sea-launched cruise missile. 
(B) With respect to the National Nuclear 
Security Administration, development engineer-
ing for a modified, altered, or new warhead for 
a sea-launched cruise missile. 
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(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘development engineering’’ means 
activities under phase 3 of the joint nuclear weapons 
life cycle (as defined in section 4220 of the Atomic 
Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2538b) or phase 6.3 
of a nuclear weapons life extension program. 
(2) The term ‘‘system development and dem-
onstration’’ means the activities occurring in the 
phase after a program achieves Milestone B approval 
(as defined in section 4172 of title 10, United States 
Code). 
SEC. 1635. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN 
FUNDS UNTIL SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION 
RELATING TO PROPOSED BUDGET FOR NU-
CLEAR-ARMED SEA-LAUNCHED CRUISE MIS-
SILE. 
In addition to the limitation under section 1640 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 
(Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 2092), of the funds author-
ized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made avail-
able for fiscal year 2023 for the Office of the Secretary of 
the Navy for travel by the Secretary of the Navy, not more 
than 50 percent may be obligated or expended until the Sec-
retary submits to the congressional defense committees all 
written communications from or to personnel of the Depart-
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ment of the Navy regarding the proposed budget amount 
or limitation for the nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise 
missile contained in the defense budget materials (as de-
fined by section 231(f) of title 10, United States Code) relat-
ing to the Navy for fiscal year 2023. 
SEC. 1636. PROHIBITION ON REDUCTION OF THE INTER-
CONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2023 for the 
Department of Defense may be obligated or expended for 
the following, and the Department may not otherwise take 
any action to do the following: 
(1) Reduce, or prepare to reduce, the responsive-
ness or alert level of the intercontinental ballistic mis-
siles of the United States. 
(2) Reduce, or prepare to reduce, the quantity of 
deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles of the 
United States to a number less than 400. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to any of the following activities: 
(1) The maintenance or sustainment of inter-
continental ballistic missiles. 
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(2) Ensuring the safety, security, or reliability of 
intercontinental ballistic missiles. 
(3) Facilitating the transition from the Minute-
man III intercontinental ballistic missile to the Sen-
tinel intercontinental ballistic missile (previously re-
ferred to as the ‘‘ground-based strategic deterrent 
weapon’’). 
Subtitle D—Missile Defense 
Programs 
SEC. 1641. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT TO TRANSITION BAL-
LISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS TO THE 
MILITARY DEPARTMENTS. 
Section 1676 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 10 U.S.C. 
4205 note) is amended by striking subsection (b). 
SEC. 1642. FIRE CONTROL ARCHITECTURES. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the new missile track and warning architec-
ture in the budget request of the President for fiscal 
year 2023 makes a needed and significant shift to a 
more resilient and robust capability that will be nec-
essary to address future threats in the domain; 
(2) the tranche 1 and 2 capabilities of the Space 
Development Agency are critical to such new architec-
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ture and should continue to be funded appropriately 
to deliver missile track and warning capability from 
low-Earth orbit in the mid-2020s timeframe; 
(3) section 1645 of the William M. (Mac) Thorn-
berry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 4062) di-
rects the Director of the Missile Defense Agency to de-
velop a sensor payload to be integrated into architec-
ture of the Space Development Agency or Space Force 
to provide fire control quality data that would enable 
the interception of both ballistic and hypersonic 
threats; 
(4) as the Space Warfighting Analysis Center of 
the Space Force reviews candidate architectures for 
fire control quality data, the Center should take into 
account the investment made to date and capability 
being developed by the hypersonic and ballistic track-
ing space sensor program for integration into the fu-
ture architecture; and 
(5) the Center should also consider current or 
planned programs of the intelligence community that 
could be integrated to increase the ability to con-
tribute to fire control architectures of the Department 
of Defense. 
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(b) FIRE CONTROL QUALITY DATA REQUIREMENT.— 
In carrying out the analysis of candidate fire control archi-
tectures, the Secretary of the Air Force shall ensure that 
the Director of the Space Warfighting Analysis Center of 
the Space Force, at a minimum, maintains the require-
ments needed for the missile defense command and control, 
battle management, and communications system to pass the 
needed quality data within the timelines needed for current 
and planned interceptor systems to support engagements of 
ballistic and hypersonic threats as described in section 1645 
of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 
134 Stat. 4062). 
(c) BRIEFING.—Not later than 14 days after the date 
on which the Director of the Space Warfighting Analysis 
Center concludes the analysis of candidate fire control ar-
chitectures, the Director shall provide to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a briefing on the results of the analysis, including 
the findings of the Director and the architecture rec-
ommended by the Director for a future fire control architec-
ture to support engagement of ballistic and hypersonic 
threats. 
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SEC. 1643. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN 
FUNDS UNTIL REQUIRED ACQUISITION AU-
THORITY DESIGNATION RELATING TO CAPA-
BILITY TO DEFEND THE HOMELAND FROM 
CRUISE MISSILES. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that the Secretary of De-
fense has yet to designate a military department or Defense 
Agency with acquisition authority with respect to the capa-
bility to defend the homeland from cruise missiles in accord-
ance with section 1684(e) of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 
U.S.C. 4205 note). 
(b) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 
year 2023 for the Department of Defense for travel by the 
Deputy Secretary of Defense, not more than 90 percent may 
be obligated or expended until the Secretary of Defense des-
ignates a military department or Defense Agency with ac-
quisition authority with respect to the capability to defend 
the homeland from cruise missiles. 
(c) DEFENSE AGENCY DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘Defense Agency’’ has the meaning given that term 
in section 101(a)(11) of title 10, United States Code. 
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SEC. 1644. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS UNTIL 
SUBMISSION OF REPORT ON LAYERED DE-
FENSE FOR THE HOMELAND. 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2023 for the Of-
fice of the Secretary of Defense for operating the Office of 
Space Policy, not more than 75 percent may be obligated 
or expended until the Secretary of Defense submits to the 
congressional defense committees the report described in 
House Report 117–118 under the heading ‘‘Layered Defense 
for the Homeland’’. 
SEC. 1645. MIDDLE EAST INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DE-
FENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of State and the Director of 
National Intelligence, shall seek to cooperate with allies and 
partners of the United States in the area of responsibility 
of the United States Central Command to improve inte-
grated air and missile defense capability to protect the peo-
ple, infrastructure, and territory of such allies and partners 
from cruise and ballistic missiles, manned and unmanned 
aerial systems, and rocket attacks from Iran. The Secretary 
shall seek to cooperate with countries that have the ability 
to contribute to, adopt, and maintain an integrated air and 
missile defense capability, and a commitment to countering 
air and missile threats to bring security to the region. 
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(b) STRATEGY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, consistent with 
the protection of intelligence sources and methods, the 
Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a strategy on increasing coopera-
tion with allies and partners in the area of responsi-
bility of the United States Central Command to im-
plement an integrated air and missile defense archi-
tecture to protect the people, infrastructure, and terri-
tory of such allies and partners from cruise and bal-
listic missiles, manned and unmanned aerial systems, 
and rocket attacks from Iran. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The strategy submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following for coun-
tries the Secretary determines meets the characteris-
tics of subsection (a): 
(A) An assessment of the threat of ballistic 
and cruise missiles, manned and unnamed aerial 
systems, and rocket attacks from Iran. 
(B) A description of current efforts to co-
ordinate indicators and warnings from such at-
tacks with allies and partners in the region. 
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(C) An analysis of United States allied and 
partner systems currently in the region to defend 
against air and missile attacks 
(D) An explanation of how an integrated 
regional air and missile defense architecture 
would improve collective security in the Central 
Command area of responsibility, similar to that 
of the European Command. 
(E) A description of efforts to engage speci-
fied foreign partners in establishing such an ar-
chitecture. 
(F) An identification of any challenges in 
establishing an integrated air and missile de-
fense architecture with specified foreign partners. 
(G) A description of relevant coordination 
with the Secretary of State and the ways in 
which such an architecture advances United 
States regional diplomatic goals and objectives. 
(H) Such other matters as the Secretary 
considers relevant. 
(3) PROTECTION OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION.— 
Any activity carried out under paragraph (1) shall be 
conducted in a manner that appropriately protects 
sensitive information and the national security inter-
ests of the United States. 
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(4) FORMAT.—The strategy submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
but may include a classified annex. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means the following: 
(1) The congressional defense committees. 
(2) The Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives. 
(3) The Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
SEC. 1646. STRATEGY TO USE ASYMMETRIC CAPABILITIES 
TO DEFEAT HYPERSONIC MISSILE THREATS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than March 1, 2023, the 
Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the Mis-
sile Defense Agency, shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a comprehensive layered strategy to use 
asymmetric capabilities to defeat hypersonic missile 
threats. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy under subsection (a) 
shall— 
(1) address all asymmetric capabilities of the 
United States, including with respect to— 
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(A) directed energy, as described in section 
1664 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 10 
U.S.C. 205 note) and including short-pulse laser 
technology; 
(B) microwave systems; 
(C) cyber capabilities; and 
(D) any other capabilities determined ap-
propriate by the Secretary and Director; and 
(2) identify the funding required to implement 
the strategy during the period covered by the future- 
years defense program submitted to Congress under 
section 221 of title 10, United States Code, in 2023. 
SEC. 1647. REPORT ON INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DE-
FENSE SENSOR OF UNITED STATES INDO-PA-
CIFIC COMMAND. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the budget of the President for fiscal year 2023 sub-
mitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code— 
(1) includes funding to develop and procure an 
integrated air and missile defense architecture to de-
fend Guam that includes multiple mobile components 
located across Guam, however, a full assessment of the 
manning and infrastructure needed to support those 
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components, including items such as power, water, 
and availability of personnel housing, was not in-
cluded in the overall determination of feasibility; and 
(2) did not include funding for the continued de-
velopment of the discrimination radar for homeland 
defense planned to be located in Hawaii because of an 
ongoing reevaluation of the missile defense posture 
and sensor architecture in the area of responsibility 
of the United States Indo-Pacific Command. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report on the findings of the re-
view conducted by the Secretary of the integrated air 
and missile defense sensor architecture of the United 
States Indo-Pacific Command. 
(2) INVESTMENTS.—The report under paragraph 
(1) shall identify the investments that should be made 
to increase the detection of non-ballistic threats and 
improve the discrimination of ballistic missile threats, 
particularly with regard to Hawaii. 
(3) FORM.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, and may in-
clude a classified annex. 
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