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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Health Empowerment Zone Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Findings.
Sec. 4. Designation of health empowerment zones.
Sec. 5. Assistance to those seeking designation.
Sec. 6. Benefits of designation.
Sec. 7. Definition.
Sec. 8. Authorization of appropriations.

SEC. 3. FINDINGS.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Numerous studies and reports, including the National 
        Healthcare Disparities Report and Unequal Treatment, the 2002 
        Institute of Medicine Report, document the extensiveness to 
        which health disparities exist across the country.
            (2) These studies have found that, on average, racial and 
        ethnic minorities are disproportionately afflicted with chronic 
        and acute conditions--such as cancer, diabetes, and 
        hypertension--and suffer worse health outcomes, worse health 
        status, and higher mortality rates than their White 
        counterparts.
            (3) Several recent studies also show that health 
        disparities are a function of not only access to health care, 
        but also the social determinants of health--including the 
        environment, the physical structure of communities, nutrition 
        and food options, educational attainment, employment, race, 
        ethnicity, geography, and language preference--that directly 
        and indirectly affect the health, health care, and wellness of 
        individuals and communities.
            (4) Integrally involving and fully supporting the 
        communities most affected by health inequities in the 
        assessment, planning, launch, and evaluation of health 
        disparity elimination efforts is among the leading 
        recommendations made to adequately address and ultimately 
        reduce health disparities.
            (5) Recommendations also include supporting the efforts of 
        community stakeholders from a broad cross section--including, 
        but not limited to local businesses, local departments of 
        commerce, education, labor, urban planning, and transportation, 
        and community-based and other nonprofit organizations--to find 
        areas of common ground around health disparity elimination and 
        collaborate to improve the overall health and wellness of a 
        community and its residents.

SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF HEALTH EMPOWERMENT ZONES.

    (a) In General.--At the request of an eligible community 
partnership, the Secretary may designate an eligible area as a health 
empowerment zone.
    (b) Eligibility Criteria.--
            (1) Eligible community partnership.--A community 
        partnership is eligible to submit a request under this section 
        if the partnership--
                    (A) demonstrates widespread public support from key 
                individuals and entities in the eligible area, 
                including State and local governments, nonprofit 
                organizations, and community and industry leaders, for 
                designation of the eligible area as a health 
                empowerment zone; and
                    (B) includes representatives of--
                            (i) a broad cross section of stakeholders 
                        and residents from communities in the eligible 
                        area experiencing disproportionate disparities 
                        in health status and health care; and
                            (ii) organizations, facilities, and 
                        institutions that have a history of working 
                        within and serving such communities.
            (2) Eligible area.--An area is eligible to be designated as 
        a health empowerment zone under this section if one or more 
        communities in the area experience disproportionate disparities 
        in health status and health care. In determining whether a 
        community experiences such disparities, the Secretary shall 
        consider the data collected by the Department of Health and 
        Human Services focusing on the following areas:
                    (A) Access to high-quality health services.
                    (B) Arthritis, osteoporosis, and chronic back 
                conditions.
                    (C) Cancer.
                    (D) Chronic kidney disease.
                    (E) Diabetes.
                    (F) Injury and violence prevention.
                    (G) Maternal, infant, and child health.
                    (H) Medical product safety.
                    (I) Mental health and mental disorders.
                    (J) Nutrition and overweight.
                    (K) Disability and secondary conditions.
                    (L) Educational and community-based health 
                programs.
                    (M) Environmental health.
                    (N) Family planning.
                    (O) Food safety.
                    (P) Health communication.
                    (Q) Health disease and stroke.
                    (R) HIV/AIDS.
                    (S) Immunization and infectious diseases.
                    (T) Occupational safety and health.
                    (U) Oral health.
                    (V) Physical activity and fitness.
                    (W) Public health infrastructure.
                    (X) Respiratory diseases.
                    (Y) Sexually transmitted diseases.
                    (Z) Substance abuse.
                    (AA) Tobacco use.
                    (BB) Vision and hearing.
    (c) Procedure.--
            (1) Request.--A request under subsection (a) shall--
                    (A) describe the bounds of the area to be 
                designated as a health empowerment zone and the process 
                used to select those bounds;
                    (B) demonstrate that the partnership submitting the 
                request is an eligible community partnership described 
                in subsection (b)(1);
                    (C) demonstrate that the area is an eligible area 
                described in subsection (b)(2);
                    (D) include a comprehensive assessment of 
                disparities in health status and health care experience 
                by one or more communities in the area;
                    (E) set forth--
                            (i) a vision and a set of values for the 
                        area; and
                            (ii) a comprehensive and holistic set of 
                        goals to be achieved in the area through 
                        designation as a health empowerment zone; and
                    (F) include a strategic plan for achieving the 
                goals described in subparagraph (E)(ii).
            (2) Approval.--Not later than 60 days after the receipt of 
        a request for designation of an area as a health empowerment 
        zone under this section, the Secretary shall approve or 
        disapprove the request.
    (d) Minimum Number.--The Secretary--
            (1) shall designate not more than 110 health empowerment 
        zones under this section; and
            (2) shall designate at least one health empowerment zone in 
        each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and each 
        territory or possession of the United States.

SEC. 5. ASSISTANCE TO THOSE SEEKING DESIGNATION.

    At the request of any organization or entity seeking to submit a 
request under section 4(a), the Secretary shall provide technical 
assistance, and may award a grant, to assist such organization or 
entity--
            (1) to form an eligible community partnership described in 
        subsection (b)(1);
            (2) to complete a health assessment, including an 
        assessment of health disparities under subsection (c)(1)(D); or
            (3) to prepare and submit a request, including a strategic 
        plan, in accordance with section 4.

SEC. 6. BENEFITS OF DESIGNATION.

    (a) Priority.--In awarding any competitive grant, a Federal 
official shall give priority to any applicant that--
            (1) meets the eligibility criteria for the grant;
            (2) proposes to use the grant for activities in a health 
        empowerment zone; and
            (3) demonstrates that such activities will directly and 
        significantly further the goals of the strategic plan approved 
        for such zone under section 4.
    (b) Grants for Initial Implementation of Strategic Plan.--
            (1) In general.--Upon designating an eligible area as a 
        health empowerment zone at the request of an eligible community 
        partnership, the Secretary shall, subject to the availability 
        of appropriations, make a grant to the community partnership 
        for implementation of the strategic plan for such zone.
            (2) Grant period.--A grant under paragraph (1) for a health 
        empowerment zone shall be for a period of 2 years and may be 
        renewed, except that the total period of grants under paragraph 
        (1) for such zone may not exceed 10 years.
            (3) Limitation.--In awarding grants under this subsection, 
        the Secretary shall not give less priority to an applicant or 
        reduce the amount of a grant because the Secretary rendered 
        technical assistance or made a grant to the same applicant 
        under section 5.
            (4) Reporting.--The Secretary shall require each recipient 
        of a grant under this subsection to report to the Secretary not 
        less than every 6 months on the progress in implementing the 
        strategic plan for the health empowerment zone.

SEC. 7. DEFINITION.

    In this Act, the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health 
Resources and Services Administration and the Director of the Office of 
Minority Health, and in cooperation with the Director of the Office of 
Community Services and the Director of the National Center for Minority 
Health and Health Disparities.

SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    To carry out this Act, there is authorized to be appropriated 
$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.

A: Health Empowerment Zone Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), at the request of a broad-based community partnership, to designate a community that experiences disproportionate disparities in health status and health care as a health empowerment zone. Requires federal officials to give priority in awarding competitive grants to grants used in or benefiting a health empowerment zone.

Directs the Secretary to provide: (1) technical assistance (or grants) to entities seeking to form a community partnership or obtain a health empowerment zone designation for a community; and (2) grants to community partnerships for implementation of the strategic plan for a health empowerment zone.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.-- This Act may be cited as the ``Tribal Government 
Homeland Security Coordination and Integration Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Office of tribal government homeland security.
Sec. 5. Report to congress.
Sec. 6. Authorization of appropriations.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and 
        the subsequent introduction of weapons grade anthrax into the 
        United States Postal System and Congressional office buildings 
        in Washington, D.C., the President and the Congress have worked 
        closely to respond to the need to rebuild and strengthen the 
        nation's public health, national security, and emergency 
        response systems.
            (2) Based on Article I, section 8 of the United States 
        Constitution, treaties, Federal statutes, and court decisions, 
        the United States has a unique historical and legal 
        relationship with American Indian and Alaska Native people, 
        which serves as the basis for the Federal Government's trust 
        responsibility and obligations. There are currently 558 
        federally-recognized Indian tribes in the United States, with 
        some 40 percent of Indian tribes located in the State of 
        Alaska. Indian tribes have principle responsibility for lands 
        and people within their jurisdiction.
            (3) Despite the government-to-government relationship 
        between Indian tribes and the United States, the United States 
        has failed to include and consult with Indian tribes with 
        regard to homeland security prevention, protection, and 
        response activities planning. Moreover, there are no specific 
        provisions for the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian 
        Health Service to participate in homeland security programs and 
        funding.
            (4) Throughout many areas of the United States, facilities 
        operated, and services, activities and government functions 
        carried out, by Indian tribes, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and 
        the Indian Health Service are the only sources available to 
        provide emergency health services, disaster response, and law 
        enforcement to the tribal and non-tribal community, thus 
        serving the role as ``first responders'' in the event of a 
        terrorist attack.
            (5) To provide for the public health and safety on tribal 
        lands and in the surrounding communities, it is imperative to 
        establish tribal participation in homeland security 
        initiatives. Indian tribes must be included in the national 
        strategy for homeland security and receive an appropriate share 
        of related funding.
            (6) The treatment of Indian tribes as State governments, as 
        appropriate, for developing funding methodologies, planning, 
        consultation, coordination, and for eligibility for grant 
        monies will ensure Indian tribes are adequately prepared to 
        respond to Homeland Security threats.
            (7) Indian tribes shall be treated as State, as 
        appropriate, for purposes of planning, consultation, 
        coordination, eligibility for grant monies and other purposes 
        to improve the United States capacity to prepare, prevent and 
        respond to terrorist activities.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are as follows:
            (1) To establish within the Department of Homeland Security 
        an office known as the Office of Tribal Government Homeland 
        Security.
            (2) To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
        appoint, in consultation with Indian tribes, a Director of 
        Tribal Government Homeland Security.
            (3) To provide for more effective management of, and 
        accountability for the proper discharge of, the Secretary's 
        trust responsibility to Indian tribes and individual American 
        Indians and Alaska Natives by establishing in the Department of 
        Homeland Security an Office of Tribal Government Homeland 
        Security.
            (4) To integrate and coordinate the efforts of the 
        Department of Homeland Security and Indian tribes to prepare 
        for, prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from 
        terrorist attacks.
            (5) To provide strategic integration of the Homeland 
        Security activities of Indian tribes that will complement the 
        operational consolidation of the various directorates within 
        the Department.
            (6) To supplement the capacity of the Indian Health Service 
        and the Bureau of Indian Affairs to respond to the homeland 
        security needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives, without 
        jeopardizing the nonsecurity missions of the Indian Health 
        Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
            (7) To serve as an information clearinghouse and to enhance 
        the integration and coordination of Indian tribes and in the 
        activities of the Department of Homeland Security.
            (8) To establish an organizational framework within the 
        Department of Homeland Security through which the Federal 
        Government, Indian tribes, and State and local governments can 
        work effectively and collaboratively on public health and 
        safety, terrorism detection, prevention, response, and 
        protection of critical infrastructure.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

     In this Act:
            (1) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
        the Office of Tribal Government Homeland Security.
            (2) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)).
            (3) Office.--The term ``Office'' means the Office of Tribal 
        Government Homeland Security established in section 4.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Homeland Security.

SEC. 4. OFFICE OF TRIBAL GOVERNMENT HOMELAND SECURITY.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Establishment.--There is hereby established within the 
        Department of Homeland Security an office to be known as the 
        ``Office of Tribal Government Homeland Security''.
            (2) Director.--The Office shall be headed by a Director, 
        appointed by the Secretary in consultation with Indian tribes, 
        whose title shall be the Director of Tribal Government Homeland 
        Security. The Director shall be equal in pay and authority of 
        an Assistant Secretary.
    (b) Duties of Secretary; Director.--
            (1) Duties of the secretary.--The Secretary shall--
                    (A) ensure the coordination of Federal programs 
                that provide assistance (including financial and 
                technical assistance) to eligible Indian tribes and 
                provide those governments with treatment as State 
                governments, as appropriate, for planning, 
                consultation, and coordination and for eligibility for 
                Federal grant monies and funds to improve capacity and 
                help prepare, prevent, and respond to terrorist 
                activities, and for other related purposes in and near 
                tribal communities;
                    (B) ensure Indian tribes are included in the 
                coordination activities of the Homeland Security 
                Department's Border and Transportation functions in the 
                same manner as State and local law enforcement 
                entities;
                    (C) ensure Indian tribes with jurisdiction over 
                lands adjacent to the Canadian and Mexican borders are 
                adequately prepared to help protect United States 
                borders, territorial waters, waterways, and other 
                transportation systems;
                    (D) ensure the broad spectrum of infrastructure 
                throughout Indian Country, including nuclear and 
                electrical power plants, water and sanitation 
                facilities, agricultural, food processing, oil, timber, 
                and other natural resources is adequately protected 
                against terrorist threats;
                    (E) ensure that Indian tribes are properly equipped 
                to prepare for, prevent, and respond to terrorist 
                activities in the same manner as State and local 
                governments;
                    (F) provide Indian tribes the necessary equipment 
                for detection, protection, and decontamination in 
                emergencies involving weapons of mass destruction;
                    (G) provide Indian tribes with emergency 
                preparedness training and exercise programs and further 
                assistance for any emergency, including natural 
                disasters or disease;
                    (H) include Indian tribes in all facets of 
                research, development, resource assessment, and risk 
                analysis in the same manner as State and local 
                governments; and
                    (I) include Indian tribes, as appropriate, in the 
                coordination of the Homeland Security Department's 
                Immigration and Nationality functions in the same 
                manner as State and local law enforcement entities.
            (2) Duties of the director.--The Director shall--
                    (A) coordinate homeland security activities among 
                Indian tribes and related Federal agencies, including 
                integration and coordination of the efforts of the 
                Department of Homeland Security and Indian tribes to 
                prepare for, prevent, protect against, respond to, and 
                recover from terrorist attacks;
                    (B) provide strategic integration to complement the 
                operational consolidation of the various directorates 
                within the Department of Homeland Security, with 
                respect to Indian tribes;
                    (C) ensure that Indian tribes are included in the 
                gathering and analysis of terrorist threats and other 
                information in the same manner as Federal, State, and 
                local law enforcement entities;
                    (D) serve as the Secretary's key point of contact 
                for Indian tribes in need of assistance and information 
                homeland security grants for purposes of planning, 
                consultation, coordination, eligibility for grant 
                monies and other purposes to improve the United States 
                capacity to prepare, prevent and respond to terrorist 
                activities and to work with Indian tribes and executive 
                agencies in promoting homeland security;
                    (E) serve as the coordinating center intended to 
                facilitate communication between and integration with 
                Indian tribes and other Federal departments that have 
                homeland security responsibilities, including but not 
                limited to health surveillance, emergency preparation 
                and response, border security, critical infrastructure 
                protection, technology, and communication;
                    (F) establish a network through which the Federal 
                Government, Indian tribes, and State and local 
                governments work collaboratively on public health and 
                safety, terrorism detection, prevention, response, and 
                protection of critical infrastructure targets; and
                    (G) establish a mechanism for the distribution of 
                warnings and information to tribal communities.
    (c) Treatment of Indian Tribes as States.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall--
                    (A) treat Indian tribes as States, as appropriate, 
                for the purpose of homeland security consultation, 
                planning, coordination, bioterrorism preparedness, 
                prevention, and response, emergency preparedness and 
                response, border and transportation security, and for 
                other purposes related to protecting the homeland;
                    (B) include Indian tribes in funding methodologies 
                for purposes of allocating any financial resources; and
                    (C) support and facilitate the capacity necessary 
                for the Indian Health Service and Bureau of Indian 
                Affairs to respond to the homeland security needs of 
                American Indians and Alaska Natives, without 
                jeopardizing their non-security missions.
            (2) Discretionary authority.--The Secretary may delegate to 
        such Indian tribes primary responsibility for homeland security 
        activities within its respective jurisdiction.
    (d) Information Sharing.--The Secretary shall provide assistance to 
enhance information technology capabilities of Indian tribes and 
ensure--
            (1) the active participation of Indian tribes in the 
        coordination with Federal, State, and local governments and the 
        private sector as related to Homeland Security activities; and
            (2) provide Indian tribes access to the same type of 
        information being exchanged between Federal, State, and local 
        authorities for the purpose of providing government personnel, 
        agencies, and authorities, with appropriate intelligence 
        information, including warnings, regarding threats posed by 
        terrorism in a timely and secure manner.
    (e) Federal Grants.--
            (1) General eligibility.--Indian tribes shall be eligible 
        to apply for, receive, direct, and supervise any homeland 
        security-related Federal grant programs.
            (2) Authority to award grants.--The Secretary may award 
        grants to Indian tribes for the following purposes:
                    (A) Planning, consultation, and coordination to 
                improve infrastructure, to prevent terrorist 
                activities.
                    (B) Training and education of employees responsible 
                for public health, safety and emergency response 
                activities.
                    (C) Addressing communication gaps and 
                infrastructure needs related to homeland security.
                    (D) Increasing the capacity of Indian tribes to 
                help prepare, prevent, and respond to terrorist 
                activities and other public health and safety 
                emergencies.
                    (E) Development of a comprehensive plan to help 
                prepare, prevent, and respond to terrorist activities 
                and other public health and safety emergencies.
                    (F) Implementation of plans to help prepare, 
                prevent, and respond to terrorist activities and other 
                public health and safety emergencies.
                    (G) The preparation of reports assessing the 
                emergency preparedness of Indian tribes, including an 
                assessment of Indian tribes' coordination with the 
                Department.
                    (H) Such other purposes related to the purposes of 
                this Act the Secretary considers appropriate.
    (f) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary shall--
            (1) directly or by contract, provide Indian tribes with 
        technical assistance in developing, implementing and managing 
        emergency response plans.
            (2) Ensure that legal, financial, and other expertise of 
        the Department of Homeland Security is made fully available in 
        an advisory capacity to Indian tribes to assist in the 
        development, implementation, and management of emergency 
        response plans.
            (3) Provide Department of Homeland Security programs 
        designed to provide legal, accounting, financial, or technical 
        assistance to eligible Indian tribes.
            (4) Facilitate cooperation with the heads of appropriate 
        Federal agencies working on Homeland Security initiatives.
            (5) Any other activity that the Secretary, in consultation 
        with the Director, considers appropriate to carry out this 
        section.
    (g) Assessment.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit an assessment report 
detailing the baseline readiness of Indian tribes to the Committee on 
Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the 
House of Representatives. In addition to an assessment of baseline 
readiness, the report shall contain any legislative recommendations 
necessary to improve coordination and integration of Indian tribes in 
the National Homeland Security Strategy.
    (h) Reporting.--The Secretary shall determine the effectiveness of 
the Office through the preparation of reports assessing the emergency 
preparedness of Indian tribes, including an assessment of Indian 
tribes' coordination with the Department of Homeland Security.
    (i) Prohibition.--The Secretary may not provide assistance under 
this section for any activity related to the operation of a gaming 
activity on Indian lands pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 
(25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.).

SEC. 5. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary, in 
consultation with the Director, shall prepare and submit to the 
Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
Resources of the House of Representatives a report on the operation of 
the Office.
    (b) Contents of Report.--Each report prepared under subsection (a) 
shall include--
            (1) for the period covered by the report, a summary of the 
        activities conducted by the Secretary, in carrying out 
        subsections (b) through (h) of section 4; and
            (2) any recommendations for legislation that the Secretary, 
        in consultation with the Director, determines to be necessary 
        to carry out such sections.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

     There are authorized to be appropriated such sums are necessary to 
carry out this Act, to remain available until expended.

A: Tribal Government Homeland Security Coordination and Integration Act - Establishes the Office of Tribal Government Homeland Security (Office) within the Department of Homeland Security. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to appoint a Director to head the Office.

Prescribes the Secretary's and the Director's duties of coordination, infrastructure and equipment readiness, training, and inclusion of Indian tribes in homeland security preparedness. 
 
 Requires the Secretary to treat Indian tribes as states, as appropriate for the purpose of homeland security. Authorizes the Secretary to delegate to Indian tribes primary responsibility for homeland security activities within their respective jurisdictions. Requires the Secretary to integrate the roles of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Health Services with regard to homeland security. 
 
 Requires the Secretary to provide assistance to enhance information technology capabilities of tribes and ensure the participation of Indian tribes in the coordination with federal, state, and local governments and the private sector as related to Homeland Security activities. 
 
 Declares Indian tribes to be eligible to apply for, receive, direct, and supervise any homeland security-related federal grant program. 
 
 Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to Indian tribes for specified homeland security purposes. 
 
 Requires the Secretary to provide Indian tribes with: (1) technical assistance in developing, implementing, and managing emergency response plans; (2) Department of Homeland Security expertise and programs; (3) the cooperation of the heads of appropriate Federal agencies; and (4) any other activity the Secretary considers appropriate to provide homeland security technical assistance to Indian tribes.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Cruise Missile 
Reconsideration Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The United States is currently developing a new 
        nuclear-armed air-launched cruise missile, the long-range 
        standoff weapon.
            (2) When asked by the Committee on Armed Services of the 
        Senate before his confirmation hearing about his support for 
        the long-range standoff weapon, Secretary of Defense James N. 
        Mattis stated, ``I will carefully examine the utility and 
        advisability of this program within existing nuclear 
        doctrine.''.
            (3) When asked during his confirmation hearing whether he 
        would commit to support continued development of the long-range 
        standoff weapon, Secretary Mattis emphasized the need to 
        examine its ``deterrent capability''.
            (4) The United States already plans to construct a new 
        fleet of nuclear-capable penetrating long-range strike bombers, 
        known as the B-21, that will carry the refurbished B61 nuclear 
        gravity bomb.
            (5) The range and lethality of existing United States 
        strategic bombers is being improved by the addition of the 
        Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile, a long-range 
        conventionally armed air-launched cruise missile. The B-21 
        bomber will also be armed with this missile.
            (6) According to public reports, the long-range standoff 
        weapon will be a far more precise version of its predecessor.
            (7) General James E. Cartwright, former head of United 
        States Strategic Command, warned in 2016 that ``bring[ing] real 
        precision to [nuclear] weapons'' could ``make them more 
        usable''.
            (8) In a 2014 letter to the Committee on Appropriations of 
        the Senate, Under Secretary of Defense Frank Kendall explained 
        that the long-range standoff weapon could have utility 
        ``[b]eyond deterrence''.
            (9) In a 2016 statement before the Subcommittee on 
        Strategic Forces of the Committee on Armed Services of the 
        House of Representatives, Assistant Secretary of Defense Robert 
        Scher asserted that the long-range standoff weapon would 
        provide the United States with the ability ``to respond 
        proportionately to a limited nuclear attack''.
            (10) In a 2013 article in the Telegraph, Philip Hammond, 
        then-Defense Secretary of the United Kingdom explained, ``A 
        cruise-based deterrent would carry significant risk of 
        miscalculation and unintended escalation.''.
            (11) In a 2015 article in the Washington Post, former 
        Secretary of Defense William J. Perry and former Assistant 
        Secretary of Defense Andrew Weber wrote, ``Because they can be 
        launched without warning and come in both nuclear and 
        conventional variants, cruise missiles are a uniquely 
        destabilizing type of weapon.''.

SEC. 3. RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR LONG-RANGE STANDOFF WEAPON.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any 
fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense may not obligate or expend more 
than $95,600,000 on development of the long-range standoff weapon or 
any other nuclear-capable air-launched cruise missile, and the 
Secretary of Energy may not obligate or expend more than $220,253,000 
on the life extension program for the W80-4 warhead, until the 
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the heads of other relevant 
Federal agencies, submits to the appropriate congressional committees a 
Nuclear Posture Review that includes a detailed and specific assessment 
of the following:
            (1) The anticipated capabilities of the long-range standoff 
        weapon to hold targets at risk beyond other already existing 
        and planned nuclear-capable delivery systems.
            (2) The anticipated ability of the long-range standoff 
        weapon to elude adversary integrated air and missile defenses 
        compared to the B-21 bomber.
            (3) The anticipated effect of the long-range standoff 
        weapon on strategic stability relative to other nuclear-armed 
        countries.
            (4) The anticipated effect of the long-range standoff 
        weapon on the offensive nuclear weapons capabilities and 
        programs of other nuclear-armed countries.
            (5) The anticipated effect of the long-range standoff 
        weapon on the response of other nuclear-armed countries to 
        proposals to decrease or halt the growth of their nuclear 
        stockpiles.
            (6) The anticipated effect of the long-range standoff 
        weapon on the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons.
    (b) Form.--The Nuclear Posture Review required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
annex.
    (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
        Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
            (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
        Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.

A:
Nuclear Cruise Missile Reconsideration Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the obligation or expenditure of more than specified amounts by the Department of Defense (DOD) on development of the long-range standoff weapon or any other nuclear-capable air-launched cruise missile, or by the Department of Energy on the life extension program for the W80-4 warhead, until DOD submits to specified congressional committees a Nuclear Posture Review that includes an assessment of:   the anticipated capabilities of the long-range standoff weapon to hold targets at risk beyond other already existing and planned nuclear-capable delivery systems;  the anticipated ability of such weapon to elude adversary integrated air and missile defenses compared to the B-21 bomber; and  the anticipated effect of such weapon on strategic stability relative to other nuclear-armed countries, on the offensive nuclear weapons capabilities and programs of other nuclear-armed countries, on the response of other nuclear-armed countries to proposals to decrease or halt the growth of their nuclear stockpiles, and on the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons. 
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