Advancing America's Missile Defense Act of 2017
Latest action · May 22, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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.
- IntroducedMay 22, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Advancing America's Missile Defense Act of 2017
This bill directs the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to use Department of Defense (DOD) policies to accelerate the development, testing, and fielding of the redesigned kill vehicle, the multi-object kill vehicle, the C3 booster, a space-based sensor layer, an airborne laser on unmanned aerial vehicles, and an additional missile defense site, including the completion of any outstanding environmental impact statements for an additional missile defense site on the east coast or in the midwest regions of the United States.
DOD shall, subject to National Missile Defense funding, increase the number of U.S. ground-based interceptors by 28.
The MDA shall report to Congress on: (1) infrastructure requirements to increase the number of ground-based interceptors at Missile Field 1 and Missile Field 2 at Fort Greely to 20 ground-based interceptors each, (2) increasing the capacity of the ground-based mid-course defense element of the ballistic missile defense system, (3) the status of the integrated layers of missile defense radars, and (4) a revised missile defense testing campaign plan that accelerates the development and deployment of new missile defense technologies.
DOD, by December 31, 2021, shall: (1) execute any requisite construction to ensure that such missile fields or alternative fields at Fort Greely are capable of supporting and sustaining additional ground-based interceptors, (2) deploy 14 additional ground-based interceptors to field 1 or an alternative field at as soon as technically feasible, and (3) identify a ground-based interceptor stockpile storage site for a minimum of 14 ground-based interceptors.
The MDA shall develop, test, and deploy a highly reliable space-based missile defense sensor architecture for the ground-based midcourse defense system that provides specified functions and capabilities.
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 22, 2017 to Aug 1, 2017; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Original | May 22, 2017 |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Original | May 22, 2017 |
| D-WV | Joe Manchin III | Original | May 22, 2017 |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Original | May 22, 2017 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Original | May 22, 2017 |
| R-TX | Ted Cruz | Original | May 22, 2017 |
| R-AR | Tom Cotton | Original | May 22, 2017 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | May 25, 2017 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | May 25, 2017 | |
| R-AL | Luther Strange | May 25, 2017 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | May 25, 2017 | |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | May 25, 2017 | |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | May 25, 2017 | |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | May 25, 2017 | |
| R-CO | Cory Gardner | Jun 15, 2017 | |
| R-GA | David Perdue | Jun 15, 2017 | |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Jun 15, 2017 | |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Jun 15, 2017 | |
| R-PA | Patrick J. Toomey | Jun 15, 2017 | |
| R-OH | Rob Portman | Jun 15, 2017 | |
| D-ND | Heidi Heitkamp | Jun 22, 2017 | |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Jun 22, 2017 | |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Jun 27, 2017 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Jun 29, 2017 | |
| R-KY | Rand Paul | Jul 27, 2017 | |
| R-WI | Ron Johnson | Jul 27, 2017 | |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Aug 1, 2017 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Armed Services Committee | Referred May 22, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 22, 2017Introduced in Senate
- May 22, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3152 | Dan Sullivan R-AK | May 24, 2017 |
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 115-674 | DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019 AND THE FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM952 pages | Armed Services Committee | Feb 15, 2018–Apr 26, 2018 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2912 | Advancing America's Missile Defense Act of 2017 | Identical bill | Jul 17, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to expand the capacity and capability of the ballistic missile defense system of the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Advancing America's Missile Defense Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Alliances
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Congressional oversight
- Defense spending
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Government studies and investigations
- Military facilities and property
- Military operations and strategy
- Military personnel and dependents
- Military procurement, research, weapons development
- Nuclear weapons
- Spacecraft and satellites
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 22, 2017Introduced in Senate
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.
