Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act - Prohibits using funds appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY2013 or thereafter: (1) to arm a B-2 or B-52 aircraft with a nuclear weapon; (2) for the research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) or procurement of a long-range penetrating bomber aircraft; (3) to make the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons; or (4) for the B61 or W78 life extension program.
Requires that, beginning in FY2013, the Navy shall include no more than eight operational ballistic-missile submarines available for deployment.
Prohibits the use of DOD funds: (1) for FY2013-FY2023 to procure an SSBN-X submarine, and (2) for FY2024 and thereafter to procure more than eight such submarines.
Prohibits using DOD funds for FY2013 or thereafter: (1) to maintain more than 200 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), (2) to maintain more than 250 submarine-launched ballistic missiles, (3) for the RDT&E or procurement of a new ICBM, or (4) for the medium extended air defense system.
Prohibits using DOD or Department of Energy (DOE) funds for FY2013 or thereafter for: (1) the mixed oxide fuel fabrication facility project, (2) the chemistry and metallurgy research replacement nuclear facility, and (3) the uranium processing facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex.
Requires an initial and subsequent annual reports from the Secretaries of Defense and Energy to Congress outlining their respective plans to carry out the requirements of this Act.
Directs the President to submit annually to Congress a comprehensive accounting by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of the amounts obligated or expended by the federal government for each nuclear weapon and related nuclear program during the fiscal year covered by the report and the life cycle of such weapon or program.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3974 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3974
To reduce the number of nuclear-armed submarines operated by the Navy,
to prohibit the development of a new long-range penetrating bomber
aircraft, to reduce the number of intercontinental ballistic missiles
operated by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 8, 2012
Mr. Markey (for himself, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Clarke of Michigan,
Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Stark, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Holt, Mr. Filner,
Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Kucinich, Mr.
Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Norton, Mr. Braley of
Iowa, Mr. Polis, Mr. Honda, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts,
Mr. Ellison, Mrs. Maloney, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Bishop of New
York, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Richardson, Mr. Olver, Mr. McDermott, Mr.
Payne, Ms. Eshoo, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Tierney, and Mr. Farr)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Armed Services
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A BILL
To reduce the number of nuclear-armed submarines operated by the Navy,
to prohibit the development of a new long-range penetrating bomber
aircraft, to reduce the number of intercontinental ballistic missiles
operated by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Smarter Approach to Nuclear
Expenditures Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Berlin Wall fell in 1989, the U.S.S.R. no longer
exists, and the Cold War is over. The nature of threats to the
national security and military interests of the United States
has changed. However, the United States continues to maintain
an enormous arsenal of nuclear weapons and delivery systems
that were devised with the Cold War in mind.
(2) The current nuclear arsenal of the United States
includes approximately 5,000 total nuclear warheads, of which
approximately 2,000 are deployed with three delivery
components: long-range strategic bomber aircraft, land-based
intercontinental ballistic missiles, and submarine-launched
ballistic missiles. The bomber fleet of the United States
comprises 93 B-52 and 20 B-2 aircraft. The United States
maintains 450 intercontinental ballistic missiles. The United
States also maintains 14 Ohio-class submarines, up to 12 of
which are deployed at sea. Each of these submarines is armed
with up to 96 independently targetable nuclear warheads.
(3) This Cold War-based approach to nuclear security comes
at significant cost. Over the next 10 years, the United States
will spend hundreds of billions of dollars maintaining its
nuclear force. A substantial decrease in the nuclear arsenal of
the United States is prudent for both the budget and national
security.
(4) The national security interests of the United States
can be well served by reducing the total number of deployed
nuclear warheads and their delivery systems, as suggested by
the Department of Defense's January 2012 strategic guidance
titled ``Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st
Century Defense''. Furthermore, a number of arms control,
nuclear, and national security experts have urged the United
States to reduce the number of deployed nuclear warheads to no
more than 1,000.
(5) Economic security and national security are linked and
both will be well served by smart defense spending. Admiral
Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stated on
June 24, 2010, that ``Our national debt is our biggest national
security threat'' and on August 2, 2011, stated that ``I
haven't changed my view that the continually increasing debt is
the biggest threat we have to our national security.''.
(6) The Government Accountability Office has found that
there is significant waste in the construction of the nuclear
facilities of the National Nuclear Security Administration of
the Department of Energy.
SEC. 3. REDUCTION IN NUCLEAR FORCES.
(a) Prohibition on Use of B-2 and B-52 Aircraft for Nuclear
Missions.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the
funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for
fiscal year 2013 or any fiscal year thereafter for the Department of
Defense may be obligated or expended to arm a B-2 or B-52 aircraft with
a nuclear weapon.
(b) Prohibition on New Long-Range Penetrating Bomber Aircraft.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds
authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for any of
fiscal years 2013 through 2023 for the Department of Defense may be
obligated or expended for the research, development, test, and
evaluation or procurement of a long-range penetrating bomber aircraft.
(c) Prohibition on F-35 Nuclear Mission.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or
otherwise made available for fiscal year 2013 or any fiscal year
thereafter for the Department of Defense or the Department of Energy
may be used to make the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft capable of
carrying nuclear weapons.
(d) Termination of B61 LEP.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made
available for fiscal year 2013 or any fiscal year thereafter for the
Department of Defense or the Department of Energy may be obligated or
expended for the B61 life extension program.
(e) Termination of W78 LEP.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made
available for fiscal year 2013 or any fiscal year thereafter for the
Department of Defense or the Department of Energy may be obligated or
expended for the W78 life extension program.
(f) Reduction of Nuclear-Armed Submarines.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, beginning in fiscal year 2013, the forces of
the Navy shall include not more than eight operational ballistic-
missile submarines available for deployment.
(g) Limitation on SSBN-X Submarines.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law--
(1) none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or
otherwise made available for any of fiscal years 2013 through
2023 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended
for the procurement of an SSBN-X submarine; and
(2) none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or
otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 or any fiscal
year thereafter for the Department of Defense may be obligated
or expended for the procurement of more than eight such
submarines.
(h) Reduction of ICBMs.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made
available for fiscal year 2013 or any fiscal year thereafter for the
Department of Defense may be obligated or expended to maintain more
than 200 intercontinental ballistic missiles.
(i) Reduction of SLBMs.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made
available for fiscal year 2013 or any fiscal year thereafter for the
Department of Defense may be obligated or expended to maintain more
than 250 submarine-launched ballistic missiles.
(j) Prohibition on New ICBM.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise
made available for fiscal year 2013 or any fiscal year thereafter for
the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended for the
research, development, test, and evaluation or procurement of a new
intercontinental ballistic missile.
(k) Termination of MOX Fuel Plant Project.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, none of the funds authorized to be appropriated
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2013 or any fiscal year
thereafter for the Department of Defense or the Department of Energy
may be obligated or expended for the Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication
Facility project.
(l) Termination of CMRR Project.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or
otherwise made available for fiscal year 2013 or any fiscal year
thereafter for the Department of Defense or the Department of Energy
may be obligated or expended for the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research
Replacement nuclear facility.
(m) Termination of UPF.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made
available for fiscal year 2013 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-12
National Security Complex.
(n) Termination of MEADS.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made
available for fiscal year 2013 or any fiscal year thereafter for the
Department of Defense may be obligated or expended for the medium
extended air defense system.
SEC. 4. REPORTS REQUIRED.
(a) Initial Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, 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 3.
(b) Annual Report.--Not later than March 1, 2013, and each year
thereafter, 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 3, including
any updates to previously submitted reports.
(c) Annual Nuclear Weapons Accounting.--Not later than September
30, 2013, and each year thereafter, 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--
(1) the fiscal year covered by the report; and
(2) the life cycle of such weapon or program.
(d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section,
the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee
on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on Natural Resources
of the House of Representatives.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H592)
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
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