Sec. 1667. MATTERS RELATING TO INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES
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## SEC. 1667 MATTERS RELATING TO INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES ###
(a)Prohibition ####
(1)In general Except as provided by paragraph (2), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2017 for the Department of Defense shall be obligated or expended for— #####
(A)reducing, or preparing to reduce, the responsiveness or alert level of the intercontinental ballistic missiles of the United States; or #####
(B)reducing, or preparing to reduce, the quantity of deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles of the United States to a number less than 400. ####
(2)Exception The prohibition in paragraph
(1)shall not apply to any of the following activities: #####
(A)The maintenance or sustainment of intercontinental ballistic missiles. #####
(B)Ensuring the safety, security, or reliability of intercontinental ballistic missiles. #####
(C)Reduction in the number of deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles that are carried out in compliance with— ######
(i)the limitations of the New START Treaty (as defined in section 494(a)(2)(D) of title 10, United States Code); and ######
(ii)section 1644 of the Carl Levin an Howard P. “Buck” McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291; 128 Stat. 3651; 10 U.S.C. 494 note). ###
(b)Report ####
(1)In general Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chairman of the Nuclear Weapons Council shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report regarding efforts to carry out section 1057 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66; 10 U.S.C. 495 note). ####
(2)Elements The report under paragraph
(1)shall include the following with respect to the period of the expected lifespan of the Minuteman III system: #####
(A)The number of nuclear warheads required to support the capability to redeploy multiple independently retargetable reentry vehicles across the full intercontinental ballistic missile fleet. #####
(B)The current and planned (through 2030) readiness state of nuclear warheads intended to support the capability to redeploy multiple independently retargetable reentry vehicles across the full intercontinental ballistic missile fleet, including which portion of the active or inactive stockpile such warheads are classified within. #####
(C)The current and planned (through 2030) reserve of components or subsystems required to redeploy multiple independently retargetable reentry vehicles across the full intercontinental ballistic missile fleet, including the plans or industrial capability and capacity to produce more such components or subsystems, if needed. #####
(D)The current and planned (through 2030) time required to commence redeployment of multiple independently retargetable reentry vehicles across the intercontinental ballistic missile fleet, including the time required to finish deployment across the full fleet. #####
(E)The estimated cost of maintaining the capability and warheads required to redeploy multiple independently retargetable reentry vehicles across the full intercontinental ballistic missile fleet.
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Sec. 1667
MATTERS RELATING TO INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES
Stat.128 Stat. 3651
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