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  SA 4892. Mr. KYL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to Treaty Doc. 111-5, Treaty between the United States of America 
and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and 
Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed in Prague on April 8, 
2010, with Protocol; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of condition (9) of subsection (a), of the 
     Resolution of Ratification add the following new 
     subparagraph:
       (C) Prior to the entry into force of the New START Treaty, 
     the President shall certify to the Senate that--
       (i) the President will submit on an annual basis the report 
     required under section 1251 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84);
       (ii) each such report will include, in addition to the 
     elements required under subsection (a)(2) of such section--
       (I) a detailed description of the plan to modernize and 
     maintain the delivery platforms for nuclear weapons; and
       (II) a detailed description of the steps taken to implement 
     the plan submitted in the previous year;
       (iii) in preparing each report, the President will consult 
     with the Secretary of Defense and with the Secretary of 
     Energy, who will consult with the directors of the nuclear 
     weapons enterprise facilities and laboratories, including the 
     Pantex Plant, the Nevada National Security Site, the Kansas 
     City Plant, the Savannah River Site, Y-12 National Security 
     Complex, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Sandia 
     National Laboratories, and Los Alamos National Laboratory on 
     the implementation of and funding for the plans outlined 
     under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(2) of such 
     section;
       (iv) the written judgments received from the directors of 
     the national nuclear weapons enterprise facilities and 
     laboratories pursuant to clause (iii) will be included, 
     unchanged, together with each report submitted under clause 
     (i).
       At the end of subsection (a), add the following:
       (11) Strategic nuclear delivery vehicles.--Prior to the 
     entry into force of the New START Treaty, the President shall 
     certify to the Senate that the President intends to--
       (A) modernize or replace the triad of strategic nuclear 
     delivery systems: a heavy bomber and air-launched cruise 
     missile, an ICBM, and an SSBN and SLBM; and
       (B) maintain the United States rocket motor industrial 
     base.
       (12) Design and funding of certain facilities.--Prior to 
     the entry into force of the New START Treaty, the President 
     shall certify to the Senate that the President intends to--
       (A) accelerate the design and engineering phase of the 
     Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement (CMRR) building 
     and the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF); and
       (B) request full funding for the Chemistry and Metallurgy 
     Research Replacement building and the Uranium Processing 
     Facility upon completion of the design and engineering phase 
     for such facilities.
       At the end of subsection (b), add the following:
       (4) Modernization.--It is the understanding of the United 
     States that failure to fund the nuclear modernization plan 
     would constitute a basis for United States withdrawal from 
     the New START Treaty.
       At the end of subsection (c), add the following:
       (14) Modernization of warheads.--It is the sense of the 
     Senate that modernization of warheads must be undertaken on a 
     case-by-case basis using the full spectrum of life extension 
     options available based on the best technical advice of the 
     United States military and the national nuclear weapons 
     laboratories.
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