,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bgbg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #bi1  
#bjai,mr4 ,markey 7for himself and ,mr4 
,sanders7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to reduce spending on nuclear  
weapons and related defense spending and
 to prohibit the procurement and        
deployment of low-yield nuclear         
warheads1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,smarter ,approaches to ,nuclear    
,expenditures ,act4  #b4 ,findings      
,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,the
 ,berlin ,wall fell in #aihi1 the       
,soviet ,union no longer exists1 and the
 ,cold ,war is over4 ,the nature of     
threats to the national security and    
military interests of the ,united       
,states has changed4 ,however1 the      
,united ,states continues to maintain an
 excessively large and costly arsenal of
 nuclear delivery systems and warheads  

that are a holdover from the ,cold ,war4
  7#b7 ,the current nuclear arsenal of  
the ,united ,states includes            
approximately #c1hjj total nuclear      
warheads in its military stockpile1 of  
which approximately #a1gej are deployed 
with five delivery components3          
land-based intercontinental ballistic   
missiles1 submarine-launched ballistic  
missiles1 long-range strategic bomber   
aircraft armed with nuclear gravity     
bombs1 long-range strategic bomber      
aircraft armed with nuclear-armed       
air-launched cruise missiles1 and       
short-range fighter aircraft that can   
deliver nuclear gravity bombs4 ,the     
strategic bomber fleet of the ,united   
,states comprises #hg ,b-#eb and #bj    
,b-#b aircraft1 over #fj of which       
contribute to the nuclear mission4 ,the 
,united ,states also maintains #djj     
intercontinental ballistic missiles and 
#ad ,ohio-class submarines1 up to #ab of
 which are deployed4 ,each of those     
submarines is armed with approximately  

#ij nuclear warheads4  7#c7 ,the        
maintenance of this force comes at      
significant cost4 ,between fiscal years 
#bjai and #bjbh1 the ,united ,states    
will spend #did1jjj1jjj1jjj to maintain 
and recapitalize its nuclear force1     
according to a ,january #bjai estimate  
from the ,congressional ,budget ,office4
 ,this is #id1jjj1jjj1jjj higher than   
the ,congressional ,budget ,office's    
#bjag estimate1 with additional cost    
driven in part by the new nuclear       
weapons called for in the #bjah ,nuclear
 ,posture ,review4 ,over the next #cj   
years1 the price tag is likely to exceed
 #a1ejj1jjj1jjj1jjj and could even      
approach #b1jjj1jjj1jjj1jjj4  7#d7      
,numerous ,united ,states ,government   
officials have warned of the            
affordability problem posed by the      
current nuclear weapons sustainment     
plans1 cautioning that these plans      
cannot be executed in the absence of    
significant long-term increases to      
defense spending or cuts to other       

military priorities4 ,for example1      
,brian ,mc,keon1 former ,principal      
,deputy ,under ,secretary of ,defense   
stated in ,october #bjae that3 ,we're   
looking at that big bow wave in nuclear 
weapons spending and wondering how the  
heck we're going to pay for it1 and     
probably thanking our lucky stars we    
won't be here to answer the question4   
,projected spending on the nuclear      
weapons budget has grown even larger    
since #bjae4  7#e7 ,the projected growth
 in nuclear weapons spending is coming  
due as the ,department of ,defense is   
seeking to replace large portions of its
 conventional forces to better compete  
with the ,russian ,federation and the   
,people's ,republic of ,china and as    
internal and external fiscal pressures  
are likely to limit the growth of1 and  
perhaps reduce1 military spending4      
,we're going to have enormous pressure  
on reducing the debt which means that   
defense spending--,i'd like to tell you 
it's going to keep going up--but ,i'm   

not terribly optimistic41 ,alan         
,shaffer1 ,deputy ,under ,secretary of  
,defense for ,acquisition and           
,sustainment1 said in ,february #bjai4  
7#f7 ,a substantial decrease in spending
 on the nuclear arsenal of the ,united  
,states is prudent for both the budget  
and for national security4 ,the         
,department of ,defense's ,june #bjac   
nuclear policy guidance entitled ,report
 on ,nuclear ,employment ,strategy of   
the ,united ,states found that force    
levels under the ,april #bjaj ,treaty on
 ,measures for the ,further ,reduction  
and ,limitation of ,strategic ,offensive
 ,arms between the ,united ,states and  
the ,russian ,federation 7commonly known
 as the ,new ,,start ,treaty7 are more  
than adequate for what the ,united      
,states needs to fulfill its national   
security objectives and can be reduced  
by up to #a_/c below levels under the   
,new ,,start ,treaty to #a1jjj to #a1ajj
 warheads4  7#g7 ,a ,december #bjah     
,congressional ,budget ,office analysis 

showed that the projected costs of      
nuclear forces over the next decade can 
be reduced by #h1jjj1jjj1jjj to         
#i1jjj1jjj1jjj by trimming back current 
plans1 while still maintaining a triad  
of delivery systems4 ,even larger       
savings would accrue over the subsequent
 decade4  7#h7 ,even without additional 
reductions below the ,new ,,start       
,treaty limit of #a1eej deployed        
strategic warheads1 the ,united ,states 
can 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 needed4  7#i7    
,president ,donald ,trump is proposing  
to expand the role of1 and spending on1 
nuclear weapons in ,united ,states      
policy at the same time that the        
,president has undermined critical arms 
control and nonproliferation agreements4
 ,the ,president has provided no clear  
indication that the ,president intends  
to extend the ,new ,,start ,treaty4 ,the

 potential expiration of that treaty    
will remove all limits on the size of   
the ,united ,states and ,russian nuclear
 arsenals1 heightening further the risk 
of unconstrained nuclear weapons        
competition and even greater spending on
 nuclear weapons4  #c4 ,reductions in   
nuclear forces  7a7 ,reduction of       
nuclear-,armed submarines               
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 none of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated or otherwise made available
 for fiscal year #bjbj or any fiscal    
year thereafter for the ,department of  
,defense may be obligated or expended   
for purchasing more than eight          
,columbia-class submarines4  7b7        
,reduction of ground-,based missiles    
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 beginning in fiscal year #bjbj1 the
 forces of the ,air ,force shall include
 not more than #aej intercontinental    
ballistic missiles4  7c7 ,reduction of  
deployed strategic warheads             
,notwithstanding any other provision of 

law1 beginning in fiscal year #bjbj1 the
 forces of the ,united ,states ,military
 shall include not more than #a1jjj     
deployed strategic warheads1 as that    
term is defined in the ,new ,,start     
,treaty4  7d7 ,limitation on new        
long-,range penetrating bomber aircraft 
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 none of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated or otherwise made available
 for any of fiscal years #bjbj through  
#bjbh for the ,department of ,defense   
may be obligated or expended for        
purchasing more than #hj ,b-#ba         
long-range penetrating bomber aircraft4 
7e7 ,prohibition on ,f-#ce nuclear      
mission ,notwithstanding any other      
provision of law1 none of the funds     
authorized to be appropriated or        
otherwise made available for fiscal year
 #bjbj or any fiscal year thereafter for
 the ,department of ,defense or the     
,department of ,energy may be used to   
make the ,f-#ce ,joint ,strike ,fighter 
aircraft capable of carrying nuclear    

weapons4  7f7 ,prohibition on new       
air-,launched cruise missile            
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 none of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated or otherwise made available
 for fiscal year #bjbj or any fiscal    
year thereafter for the ,department of  
,defense or the ,department of ,energy  
may be obligated or expended for the    
research1 development1 test1 and        
evaluation or procurement of the        
long-range stand-off weapon or any other
 new air-launched cruise missile or for 
the ,w#hj warhead life extension        
program4  7g7 ,prohibition on new       
intercontinental ballistic missile      
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 none of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated or otherwise made available
 for fiscal year #bjbj or any fiscal    
year thereafter for the ,department of  
,defense may be obligated or expended   
for the research1 development1 test1 and
 evaluation or procurement of the       
ground-based strategic deterrent or any 

new intercontinental ballistic missile4 
7h7 ,termination of uranium processing  
facility ,notwithstanding any other     
provision of law1 none of the funds     
authorized to be appropriated or        
otherwise made available for fiscal year
 #bjbj or any fiscal year thereafter for
 the ,department of ,defense or the     
,department of ,energy may be obligated 
or expended for the ,uranium ,processing
 ,facility located at the ,y-#ab        
,national ,security ,complex1 ,oak      
,ridge1 ,tennessee4  7i7 ,prohibition on
 procurement and deployment of new      
low-,yield warhead ,notwithstanding any 
other provision of law1 none of the     
funds authorized to be appropriated or  
otherwise made available for fiscal year
 #bjbj or any fiscal year thereafter for
 the ,department of ,defense or the     
,department of ,energy may be obligated 
or expended to procure or deploy the    
,w#gf-b low-yield nuclear warhead or any
 other low-yield or nonstrategic nuclear
 warhead4  7j7 ,prohibition on new      

submarine-,launched cruise missile      
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 none of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated or otherwise made available
 for fiscal year #bjbj or any fiscal    
year thereafter for the ,department of  
,defense or the ,department of ,energy  
may be obligated or expended for the    
research1 development1 test1 and        
evaluation or procurement of a new      
submarine-launched cruise missile       
capable of carrying a low-yield or      
nonstrategic nuclear warhead4  7k7      
,limitation on plutonium pit production 
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 none of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated or otherwise made available
 for fiscal year #bjbj or any fiscal    
year thereafter for the ,department of  
,defense or the ,department of ,energy  
may be obligated or expended for        
achieving production of more than #cj   
plutonium pits per year at ,los ,alamos 
,national ,laboratory1 ,los ,alamos1    
,new ,mexico4  7l7 ,limitation on       

,w#hg-a warhead procurement and         
deployment ,notwithstanding any other   
provision of law1 none of the funds     
authorized to be appropriated or        
otherwise made available for fiscal year
 #bjbj or any fiscal year thereafter for
 the ,department of ,defense or the     
,department of ,energy may be obligated 
or expended for the procurement or      
deployment of the ,w#hg-a warhead for   
use on any missile that can feasibly    
employ a ,w#hg warhead4  7m7 ,limitation
 on sustainment of ,b#hc-a bomb         
,notwithstanding other provision of law1
 none of the funds authorized to be     
appropriated or otherwise made available
 for fiscal year #bjbj or any fiscal    
year thereafter for the ,department of  
,defense or the ,department of ,energy  
may be obligated or expended for the    
sustainment of the ,b#hc-a bomb beyond  
the time at which confidence in the     
,b#fa-ab stockpile is gained4  7n7      
,prohibition on space-,based missile    
defense ,notwithstanding other provision

 of law1 none of the funds authorized to
 be appropriated or otherwise made      
available for fiscal year #bjbj or any  
fiscal year thereafter for the          
,department of ,defense or the          
,department of ,energy may be obligated 
or expended for the research1           
development1 test1 and evaluation or    
procurement of a space-based missile    
defense system4  #d4 ,reports required  
7a7 ,initial report ,not later than #ahj
 days after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,defense  
and the ,secretary of ,energy shall     
jointly submit to the appropriate       
committees of ,congress a report        
outlining the plan of each ,secretary to
 carry out section #c4  7b7 ,annual     
report ,not later than ,march #a1 #bjba1
 and annually thereafter1 the ,secretary
 of ,defense and the ,secretary of      
,energy shall jointly submit to the     
appropriate committees of ,congress a   
report outlining the plan of each       
,secretary to carry out section #c1     

including any updates to previously     
submitted reports4  7c7 ,annual nuclear 
weapons accounting ,not later than      
,september #cj1 #bjbj1 and annually     
thereafter1 the ,president shall        
transmit to the appropriate committees  
of ,congress a report containing a      
comprehensive accounting by the         
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget of the amounts obligated and
 expended by the ,federal ,government   
for each nuclear weapon and related     
nuclear program during--  7#a7 the      
fiscal year covered by the report2 and  
7#b7 the life cycle of such weapon or   
program4  7d7 ,cost estimate report ,not
 later than #ahj days after the date of 
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,defense and the          
,secretary of ,energy shall jointly     
submit to the appropriate committees of 
,congress a report outlining the        
estimated cost savings that result from 
carrying out section #c4  7e7 ,report on
 funding ,national ,defense ,strategy   

,not later than #ahj days after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 the     
,secretary of ,defense shall submit to  
the appropriate committees of ,congress 
a report explaining how the ,secretary  
proposes to fund the #bjah ,national    
,defense ,strategy under different      
levels of projected defense spending1   
including scenarios in which--  7#a7    
anticipated cost savings from reform do 
not materialize2 or  7#b7 defense       
spending decreases to the levels        
specified by the ,budget ,control ,act  
of #bjaa 7,public ,law #aab-be2 #abe    
,stat4 #bdj74  7f7 ,modification of     
period ,to be covered by estimates of   
costs relating to nuclear weapons       
,section #ajdc of the ,national ,defense
 ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year  
#bjab 7,public ,law #aab-ha2 #abe ,stat4
 #aegf71 as most recently amended by    
section #afgj of the ,john ,s4 ,mc,cain 
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjai 7,public ,law   
#aae-bcb2 #acb ,stat4 #baeg71 is further

 amended in subsections 7a77#b77;,f7 and
 7b77#a77;,a7 by striking #aj-year      
period each place it appears and        
inserting #be-year period4  7g7         
,appropriate committees of ,congress    
defined ,in this section1 the term      
appropriate committees of ,congress     
means-- 7#a7 the ,committee on ,armed   
,services1 the ,committee on ,foreign   
,relations1 the ,committee on           
,appropriations1 and the ,committee on  
,energy and ,natural ,resources of the  
,senate2 and  7#b7 the ,committee on    
,armed ,services1 the ,committee on     
,foreign ,affairs1 the ,committee on    
,appropriations1 the ,committee on      
,energy and ,commerce1 and the          
,committee on ,natural ,resources of the
 ,house of ,representatives4