US Congress House Bill 1506

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April 23 2013 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act - Prohibits using funds appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY2014 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 FY2014, the Navy shall include no more than eight operational ballistic-missile submarines available for deployment. Prohibits the use of DOD funds: (1) for FY2014-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 FY2014 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 FY2014 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.

Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act

Rep Markey, Edward J.	Rep Bishop, Timothy H.	Rep Blumenauer, Earl	Rep Bonamici, Suzanne
Rep Christensen, Donna M.	Rep Chu, Judy	Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy	Rep Conyers, John, Jr.
Rep DeFazio, Peter A.	Rep Edwards, Donna F.	Rep Ellison, Keith	Rep Eshoo, Anna G.
Rep Farr, Sam	Rep Grijalva, Raul M.	Rep Hastings, Alcee L.	Rep Holt, Rush D.
Rep Honda, Michael M.	Rep Huffman, Jared	Rep Keating, William R.	Rep Lee, Barbara
Rep Lewis, John	Rep Lowenthal, Alan S.	Rep Maloney, Carolyn B.	Rep McCollum, Betty
Rep McDermott, Jim	Rep McGovern, James P.	Rep Moran, James P.	Rep Nadler, Jerrold
Rep Napolitano, Grace F.	Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes	Rep Payne, Donald, Jr.	Rep Pocan, Mark
Rep Polis, Jared	Rep Price, David E.	Rep Rangel, Charles B.	Rep Schakowsky, Janice D.
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh	Rep Speier, Jackie	Rep Tierney, John F.	Rep Waxman, Henry A.
Rep Wilson, Frederica S.

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
2013-04-11	House	Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

HB505 (Related) 2013-04-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HN01506:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hr1506ih/pdf/BILLS-113hr1506ih.pdf