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Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act

Introduced: May 25, 2017 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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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 May 25, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2668 Identical bill Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · May 25, 2017
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 25, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1235: Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1235/
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"S. 1235: Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1235/.
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S. 1235, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1235/.
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[S. 1235: Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1235/)
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