Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act
Latest action · Aug 13, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 23, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act
Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY2015-FY2024: (1) for the research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) or procurement of a long-range penetrating bomber aircraft; (2) to procure an SSBN-X submarine (and prohibits the use of such funds for FY2025 and thereafter to procure more than eight such submarines); or (3) for the RDT&E or procurement of a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds authorized to be appropriated for FY2015 or thereafter for DOD or the Department of Energy: (1) to make the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons; (2) until the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy jointly certify that the total cost of the B61 life extension program has been reduced to not more than $4 billion; (3) for the W78 life extension program; (4) for the mixed oxide fuel fabrication facility project; (5) for the uranium processing facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, Tennessee; or (6) for RDT&E of a new air-launched cruise missile or for the W80 warhead life extension program.
Prohibits Navy forces, beginning in FY2021, from including more than eight operational ballistic-missile submarines available for deployment.
Requires initial and annual reports from the Secretaries of Defense and Energy outlining their respective plans to carry out the requirements of this Act.
Directs the President to submit to Congress an annual report containing a comprehensive accounting by the Office of Management and Budget 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 for the life cycle of such weapon or program.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 23, 2015 to Jun 28, 2016; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Mar 23, 2015 |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | Original | Mar 23, 2015 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 23, 2015 |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Original | Mar 23, 2015 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Mar 23, 2015 |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Original | Mar 23, 2015 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Mar 23, 2015 |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Original | Mar 23, 2015 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Mar 23, 2015 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Mar 23, 2015 |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Original | Mar 23, 2015 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Apr 14, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Apr 14, 2015 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Apr 16, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | May 22, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Richard M. Nolan | May 22, 2015 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Jul 29, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Sep 11, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Sep 16, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Apr 11, 2016 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Jun 28, 2016 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Mar 23, 2015 |
| Strategic Forces Subcommittee | Referred Aug 13, 2015 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 13, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
- Mar 24, 2015Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1852-1853)
- Mar 23, 2015Introduced in House
- Mar 23, 2015Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E379-380)
- Mar 23, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1852 | Earl Blumenauer D-OR | Mar 24, 2015 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E379 | Earl Blumenauer D-OR | Mar 23, 2015 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 48, March 23, 2015, page H1849.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 831 | Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act | Identical bill | Mar 23, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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 prohibit the procurement of new intercontinental ballistic missiles, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Arms control and nonproliferation
- Congressional oversight
- Defense spending
- Department of Defense
- Department of Energy
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Military procurement, research, weapons development
- Nuclear power
- Nuclear weapons
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Tennessee
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
