,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #eie  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #d1 #bjba,mr4
 ,van ,hollen 7for himself1 ,ms4        
,warren1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 ,mr4 ,cardin1   
,mr4 ,schatz1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 ,ms4       
,smith1 ,mr4 ,markey1 and ,mrs4         
,gillibrand7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations
  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the use of    
funds for the research and development1 
production1 or deployment of the        
nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise       
missile and its associated nuclear      
warhead4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,nuclear ,,slcm ,ban
 ,act of #bjba4  #b4 ,findings ,congress
 makes the following findings3 7#a7 ,the
 ,united ,states nuclear arsenal        
comprises approximately #c1hjj nuclear  
warheads in the active stockpile and a  
force structure of long-range and       
short-range delivery systems1           
including-- 7,a7 land-based             

intercontinental ballistic missiles2    
7,b7 submarine-launched ballistic       
missiles that can deliver both low-yield
 and higher-yield nuclear warheads2     
7,c7 long-range strategic bomber        
aircraft capable of carrying            
nuclear-armed air-launched cruise       
missile and nuclear gravity bombs2 and  
7,d7 short-range fighter aircraft that  
can deliver nuclear gravity bombs4  7#b7
 ,in #bjaj1 the ,united ,states retired 
the nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise   
missile1 or the ,,tlam-,n1 after        
concluding in the #bjaj ,nuclear        
,posture ,review that the capability    
served a redundant purpose in the ,u4,s4
 nuclear stockpile4  7#c7 ,ten years    
later1 in #bjbj1 the ,united ,states    
initiated studies into a new            
nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise       
missile and associated warhead1 after   
concluding in the #bjah ,nuclear        
,posture ,review that the weapon system 
would provide a non-strategic regional  
presence and an assured response        

capability4  7#d7 ,the ,united ,states  
possesses an array of nuclear weapons   
systems1 including both air- and        
sea-based capabilities1 that provide an 
effective regional deterrent presence1  
making the nuclear-armed sea-launched   
cruise missile a redundant1 unnecessary 
capability4  7#e7 ,deploying            
nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise       
missiles on attack submarines or surface
 ships risks detracting from the core   
military missions of such submarines and
 ships1 such as tracking enemy          
submarines1 protecting ,united ,states  
carrier groups1 and conducting          
conventional strikes on priority land   
targets4  7#f7 ,stationing nuclear-armed
 sea-launched cruise missiles on such   
submarines or ships also risks          
complicating port visits and joint      
operations with some allies and partners
 of the ,united ,states1 which in turn  
would reduce the operational            
effectiveness of such submarines and    
ships and the deterrent value of        

deployed nuclear-armed sea-launched     
cruise missiles4  7#g7 ,a ,january #bjai
 analysis of the ,congressional ,budget 
,office estimated that the projected    
costs of the nuclear-armed sea-launched 
cruise missile program from #bjai to    
#bjbh would total #i1jjj1jjj1jjj1 adding
 additional costs and resource          
requirements to the ,united ,states     
nuclear modernization program and       
increasing pressure on the ,navy budget 
as the ,navy plans for increases in     
shipbuilding while funding the          
,columbia-class submarine program4  7#h7
 ,the cost of the nuclear-armed         
sea-launched cruise missile program will
 be larger1 as the estimate of the      
,congressional ,budget ,office did not  
account for costs related to integrating
 nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise      
missiles on attack submarines or surface
 ships1 nuclear weapons-specific        
training for ,navy personnel1 or storage
 and security for nuclear warheads4  #c4
 ,prohibition on use of funds for       

research and development1 production1 or
 deployment of nuclear-armed            
sea-launched cruise missile and         
associated warhead ,none of the funds   
authorized to be appropriated or        
otherwise made available for fiscal year
 #bjbb or any fiscal year thereafter for
 the ,department of ,defense or the     
,department of ,energy may be obligated 
or expended for the research and        
development1 production1 or deployment  
of the nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise
 missile and its associated nuclear     
warhead4