US Congress House Bill 2668 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: Introduced on May 25 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-06-16 - 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 This bill prohibits the obligation or expenditure of Department of Defense (DOD) funds: (1) for procuring more than eight Columbia-class submarines; (2) to maintain more than 150 deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles; or (3) through FY2024, for the research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) or the procurement of the B-21 long-range penetrating bomber aircraft. The bill prohibits the obligation or expenditure of DOD or Department of Energy (DOE) funds: to maintain more than 1,000 deployed strategic warheads, as counted under the New START Treaty; to make the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons; for extending the life of tactical versions of the B61 gravity bomb; for the RDT&E or procurement of a new air-launched cruise missile or for the W80 warhead life extension program; for the RDT&E or procurement of the ground-based strategic deterrent or any new intercontinental ballistic missile; for the IW-1 life extension program; for the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility project at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina; or for the Uranium Processing Facility located at the Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. DOD and DOE must report to Congress on the plans for, and the estimated cost savings from, carrying out this bill.

Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act

Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]
Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-06-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
2017-05-25	House	Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
2017-05-25	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E722)
2017-05-25	House	Introduced in House

SB1235 (Same As) 2017-05-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2668/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2668/BILLS-115hr2668ih.pdf