I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1534 
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 
MARCH 23, 2015 
Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. LEE, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. 
FARR, Mr. POLIS, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. 
NORTON, Ms. EDWARDS, and Mr. GRIJALVA) 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 long- 
range penetrating bomber aircraft, to prohibit the pro-
curement of new intercontinental ballistic missiles, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Smarter Approach to 
Nuclear Expenditures Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Berlin Wall fell in 1989, the Soviet 
Union no longer exists, and the Cold War is over. 
The nature of threats to the national security and 
military interests of the United States has changed. 
However, the United States continues to maintain 
an enormous arsenal of nuclear weapons and deliv-
ery systems that were devised with the Cold War in 
mind. 
(2) The current nuclear arsenal of the United 
States includes approximately 5,000 total nuclear 
warheads, of which approximately 2,000 are de-
ployed with three delivery components: long-range 
strategic bomber aircraft, land-based interconti-
nental ballistic missiles, and submarine-launched 
ballistic missiles. The bomber fleet of the United 
States comprises 93 B–52 and 20 B–2 aircraft. The 
United States maintains 450 intercontinental bal-
listic missiles. The United States also maintains 14 
Ohio-class submarines, up to 12 of which are de-
ployed at sea. Each of those submarines is armed 
with up to 96 independently targetable nuclear war-
heads. 
(3) This Cold War-based approach to nuclear 
security comes at significant cost. Over the next 10 
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years, the United States will spend hundreds of bil-
lions of dollars maintaining its nuclear force. A sub-
stantial decrease in spending on the nuclear arsenal 
of the United States is prudent for both the budget 
and national security. 
(4) The national security interests of the 
United States can be well served by reducing the 
total number of deployed nuclear warheads and their 
delivery systems, as stated by the Department of 
Defense’s June 2013 nuclear policy guidance enti-
tled, ‘‘Report on Nuclear Employment Strategy of 
the United States’’. This guidance found that force 
levels under the Treaty on Measures for the Further 
Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive 
Arms, signed on April 8, 2010, and entered into 
force on February 5, 2011, between the United 
States and the Russian Federation (commonly 
known as the ‘‘New START Treaty’’) ‘‘are more 
than adequate for what the United States needs to 
fulfill its national security objectives’’ and that the 
force can be reduced by up to 1⁄3 below levels under 
the New START Treaty to 1,000 to 1,100 war-
heads. 
(5) Even without additional reductions in de-
ployed strategic warheads, the United States can 
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save tens of billions of dollars by deploying those 
warheads more efficiently on delivery systems and by 
deferring production of new delivery systems until 
they are needed. 
(6) Economic security and national security are 
linked and both will be well served by smart defense 
spending. Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff, stated on June 24, 2010, 
‘‘Our national debt is our biggest national security 
threat’’ and on August 2, 2011, stated, ‘‘I haven’t 
changed my view that the continually increasing 
debt is the biggest threat we have to our national se-
curity.’’. 
(7) The Government Accountability Office has 
found that there is significant waste in the construc-
tion of the nuclear facilities of the National Nuclear 
Security Administration of the Department of En-
ergy. 
SEC. 3. REDUCTION IN NUCLEAR FORCES. 
(a) PROHIBITION
ON NEW LONG-RANGE PENE-
TRATING
BOMBER
AIRCRAFT.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, none of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated or otherwise made available for any of fis-
cal years 2015 through 2024 for the Department of De-
fense may be obligated or expended for the research, devel-
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