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(3) Nuclear deterrence. 
SEC. 1659. EVALUATION AND ENHANCED SECURITY OF SUPPLY CHAIN 
FOR NUCLEAR COMMAND, CONTROL, AND COMMUNICA-
TIONS AND CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. 
(a) EVALUATIONS OF SUPPLY CHAIN VULNERABILITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31, 2019, and 
in accordance with the plan under paragraph (2)(A), the Sec-
retary of Defense shall conduct evaluations of the supply chain 
vulnerabilities of each covered program. 
(2) PLAN.— 
(A) DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary shall develop a plan 
to carry out the evaluations under paragraph (1), including 
with respect to the personnel and resources required to 
carry out such evaluations. 
(B) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees the plan 
under subparagraph (A). 
(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive, on a case-by-case 
basis with respect to a weapons system, a program, or a system 
of systems, of a covered program, either the requirement to 
conduct an evaluation under paragraph (1) or the deadline 
specified in such paragraph if the Secretary certifies to the 
congressional defense committees before such date that all 
known supply chain vulnerabilities of such weapons system, 
program, or system of systems have minimal consequences 
for the capability of such weapons system, program, or system 
of systems to meet operational requirements or otherwise sat-
isfy mission requirements. 
(4) RISK
MITIGATION
STRATEGIES.—In carrying out an 
evaluation under paragraph (1) with respect to a covered pro-
gram specified in subparagraph (B) or (C) of subsection (c)(2), 
the Secretary shall develop strategies for mitigating the risks 
of supply chain vulnerabilities identified in the course of such 
evaluation. 
(b) PRIORITIZATION OF CERTAIN SUPPLY CHAIN RISK MANAGE-
MENT EFFORTS.— 
(1) INSTRUCTIONS.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue a Depart-
ment of Defense Instruction, or update such an Instruction, 
establishing the prioritization of supply chain risk management 
programs, including supply chain risk management threat 
assessment 
reporting, 
to 
ensure 
that 
acquisition 
and 
sustainment programs relating to covered programs receive 
the highest priority of such supply chain risk management 
programs and reporting. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 
requirements to carry out supply chain risk management 
threat assessment collections and analyses under acquisi-
tion and sustainment programs relating to covered pro-
grams. 
(B) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees the 
requirements established under subparagraph (A).
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(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(A) the congressional defense committees; and 
(B) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered programs’’ means programs relating 
to any of the following: 
(A) Nuclear weapons. 
(B) Nuclear command, control, and communications. 
(C) Continuity of government. 
(D) Ballistic missile defense. 
SEC. 1660. PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN PARTS OF INTER-
CONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE FUZES. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding section 1502(a) 
of title 31, United States Code, of the amount authorized to be 
appropriated for fiscal year 2018 by section 101 and available 
for Missile Procurement, Air Force, as specified in the funding 
table in division D, $6,334,000 shall be available for the procure-
ment of covered parts pursuant to contracts entered into under 
section 1645(a) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public 
Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3651). 
(b) COVERED PARTS DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘cov-
ered parts’’ means commercially available off-the-shelf items as 
defined in section 104 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 1661. PRESIDENTIAL NATIONAL VOICE CONFERENCING SYSTEM 
AND PHOENIX AIR-TO-GROUND COMMUNICATIONS NET-
WORK. 
(a) CONSOLIDATION OF ELEMENTS.— 
(1) PNVCS.—Not later than one year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, all program elements and funding 
for the Presidential National Voice Conferencing System shall 
be transferred to the Program Executive Office with responsi-
bility for the Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Termi-
nals program. The Program Executive Office shall be respon-
sible for approving all such program elements, requests for 
funding, and contract actions (including regarding contract line 
items) relating to the Presidential National Voice Conferencing 
System. 
(2) PAGCN.—Not later than one year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, all program elements and funding 
for the Phoenix Air-to-Ground Communications Network shall 
be transferred to the Program Executive Office with responsi-
bility for the nuclear command, control, and communications 
systems of the United States. The Program Executive Office 
shall be responsible for approving all such program elements, 
requests for funding, and contract actions (including regarding 
contract line items) relating to the Phoenix Air-to-Ground 
Communications Network. 
(b) SELECTED ACQUISITION REPORTS.—Commencing not later 
than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Presidential National Voice Conferencing System and the Phoenix 
Air-to-Ground Communications Network shall each be deemed to
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be a program for which a Selected Acquisition Report is required 
pursuant to section 2432 of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 1662. LIMITATION ON PURSUIT OF CERTAIN COMMAND AND CON-
TROL CONCEPT. 
(a) LIMITATION
ON COMMAND
AND CONTROL CONCEPT.—The 
Secretary of the Air Force may not award a contract for engineering 
and manufacturing development for the ground-based strategic 
deterrent program that would result in a command and control 
concept for such program that consists of less than 15 fixed launch 
control centers per missile wing unless the Commander of the 
United States Strategic Command— 
(1) determines that— 
(A) the plans of the Secretary of the Air Force for 
a command and control concept consisting of less than 
15 fixed launch control centers per missile wing are appro-
priate, meet requirements, and do not contain excessive 
risk; 
(B) the risks to schedules and costs from such concept 
are minimized and manageable; 
(C) the strategy and plan of the Secretary of the Air 
Force for addressing cyber threats for such concept are 
robust; and 
(D) with respect to such concept, the Secretary of the 
Air Force has established an appropriate process for consid-
ering and managing trade-offs among requirements 
relating 
to 
survivability, 
long-term 
operations 
and 
sustainment costs, procurement costs, and military per-
sonnel needs; and 
(2) submits, in writing, to the Secretary of Defense and 
the congressional defense committees such determination. 
(b) INABILITY TO MAKE DETERMINATION.—If the Secretary of 
the Air Force proposes to award a contract specified in subsection 
(a) and the Commander is unable to make the determination under 
such subsection, the Commander shall submit, in writing, to the 
Secretary of Defense and the congressional defense committees 
the reasons for not making such determination. 
(c) NO EFFECT ON COMPETITION.—Nothing in subsection (a) 
or (b) shall be construed to affect or prohibit the ability of the 
Secretary of the Air Force to use fair and open competition proce-
dures in soliciting, evaluating, and awarding contracts for the 
ground-based strategic deterrent program. 
SEC. 1663. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR MOBILE 
VARIANT OF GROUND-BASED STRATEGIC DETERRENT 
MISSILE. 
Section 1664 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2615) is amended 
by striking ‘‘or 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2019’’. 
SEC. 1664. PROHIBITION ON REDUCTION OF THE INTERCONTINENTAL 
BALLISTIC MISSILES OF THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided by subsection (b), none 
of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise 
made available for fiscal year 2018 for the Department of Defense 
shall be obligated or expended for—
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(1) reducing, or preparing to reduce, the responsiveness 
or alert level of the intercontinental ballistic missiles of the 
United States; or 
(2) reducing, or preparing 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 intercontinental 
ballistic missiles. 
(2) Ensuring the safety, security, or reliability of interconti-
nental ballistic missiles. 
(3) Reduction in the number of deployed intercontinental 
ballistic missiles that are carried out in compliance with— 
(A) the limitations of the New START Treaty (as 
defined in section 494(a)(2)(D) of title 10, United States 
Code); and 
(B) section 1644 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 
‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3651; 
10 U.S.C. 494 note). 
SEC. 1665. MODIFICATION TO ANNUAL REPORT ON PLAN FOR THE 
NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE, NUCLEAR WEAPONS 
COMPLEX, NUCLEAR WEAPONS DELIVERY SYSTEMS, AND 
NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM. 
Subsection (a)(2)(F) of section 1043 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 
Stat. 1576), as most recently amended by section 1643 of the Carl 
Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3650), 
is further amended by inserting after the period at the end the 
following: ‘‘The Secretary may include information and data for 
a period beyond such 10-year period if the Secretary determines 
that such information and data is accurate and useful in under-
standing the long-term nuclear modernization plan.’’. 
SEC. 1666. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROCEDURES FOR IMPLEMENTATION 
OF NUCLEAR ENTERPRISE REVIEW. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall issue 
a final Department of Defense Instruction establishing procedures 
for the long-term implementation of the recommendations contained 
in the Independent Review of the Department of Defense Nuclear 
Enterprise, dated June 2, 2014, and the Internal Assessment of 
the Department of Defense Nuclear Enterprise, dated September 
2014. 
(b) SUBMISSION.—The Secretary shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees the final instruction under subsection 
(a) by not later than 30 days after issuing the instruction. 
SEC. 1667. REPORT ON IMPACTS OF NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) nuclear proliferation continues to be a serious threat 
to the security of the United States;