HR 2668
115th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Nuclear weapons
Research administration and funding
South Carolina
Tennessee
Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act
Introduced: May 25, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 16, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
May 25, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
May 25, 2017
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E722)
May 25, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act
This bill prohibits the obligation or expenditure of Department of Defense (DOD) funds: (1) for procuring more than eight Columbia-class submarines; (2) to maintain more than 150 deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles; or (3) through FY2024, for the research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) or the procurement of the B-21 long-range penetrating bomber aircraft.
The bill prohibits the obligation or expenditure of DOD or Department of Energy (DOE) funds:
- to maintain more than 1,000 deployed strategic warheads, as counted under the New START Treaty;
- to make the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons;
- for extending the life of tactical versions of the B61 gravity bomb;
- for the RDT&E or procurement of a new air-launched cruise missile or for the W80 warhead life extension program;
- for the RDT&E or procurement of the ground-based strategic deterrent or any new intercontinental ballistic missile;
- for the IW-1 life extension program;
- for the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility project at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina; or
- for the Uranium Processing Facility located at the Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
DOD and DOE must report to Congress on the plans for, and the estimated cost savings from, carrying out this bill.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
Committees of jurisdiction
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