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You are here: Home / Missile Defense / Factsheets on Missile Defense / Summary: Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 2226) as passed by the Senate Committee on Armed Services

July 18, 2023

Summary: Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 2226) as passed by the Senate Committee on Armed Services

  • Table numbers in parentheses are increases or decreases from the FY24 Request
  • FY24 requested levels other than the toplines come from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation’s Fiscal Year 2024 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book
  • Numbers may not add due to rounding

Total National Defense Discretionary Spending (050)


*Does not include mandatory spending

 

DOD Nuclear Weapons Funding Request for Select Programs

National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Request

DOE Nuclear Weapons Funding Request for Select Programs

Select Provisions Related to Nuclear Weapons

➤ Deployed ICBMs: Prohibits reducing the number of deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles below 400 (Sec. 1511)

➤ Sentinel ICBM Missile Silos: Requires refurbishment and operability of 150 ICBM silos each at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, and Minot Air Force Base (Sec. 1512)

➤ Sentinel ICBM Acquisition: Authorizes the use of multi-year procurement authority for the Sentinel ICBM program (Sec. 1513)
➤ Decreased ICBM Warhead Upload Time: Requires STRATCOM and the Air Force to develop a plan to decrease the upload time for warhead to the ICBM force to address identified limitations at Malmstrom, F.E. Warren, and Minot Air Force Bases (Sec. 1514)
➤ SLCM-N Program of Record: Establishes a SLCM-N program within the Department of Defense for the missile and its associated warhead, the W80-4 ALT. Also requires initial operation capability for the SLCM-N no later than FY 2035 (Sec. 1518)
➤ Annual Report on U.S. Nuclear Modernization: Requires an annual independent analysis of acquisition, construction, and recapitalization programs under the Department of Defense and NNSA to modernize U.S. nuclear forces (Sec. 1520)
➤ B83 Retirement: Prohibits retirement of more than 25% of B83-1 bombs until the hard and deeply buried targets study required by the FY23 NDAA is completed (Sec. 1522)
➤ LEU Limitation: Limits the use of funds for LEU naval fuel research until it is determined by DOE and DOD that LEU fuel should be pursued and will not impact operability of submarines and cost of refueling (Sec. 3111)
➤ ARIES Expansion Prohibition : Prohibits expansion of the Advanced Recovery and Integrated Extraction System (ARIES) process at Los Alamos until it reaches the capacity to produce 30 plutonium pits per year (Sec. 3112)
➤ Pit Modernization Management: Requires the NNSA Administrator to manage the Plutonium Modernization Program under the same management category as other weapons modernization programs to increase internal controls over the program (Sec. 3113)

Missile Defeat and Defense Funding Authorization for Select Systems

Select Provisions Related to Missile Defense

➤ Indo-Pacific Integrated Air and Missile Defense Architecture: Requires the establishment of an integrated air and missile defense architecture for the Indo-Pacific (Sec. 1537)
➤ Update to Missile Defense Policy: Updates U.S. missile defense policy to identify credible nuclear capability as the foundation of strategic deterrence (Sec. 1538)

Miscellaneous Programs and Provisions of Interest

➤ Pay Raise: Authorizes a 5.2% pay raise for service members and civilians

➤ CTR Funds: Authorizes $351 million, the requested level, for the Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (Sec. 1301)

Final Passage

The bill was reported favorably out of committee by a 24-1 vote.

The bill is expected to come to the Senate floor for debate and amendment consideration as soon as the week of July 17.

Sources

Bill Text

Report

Funding Tables

Executive Summary

Posted in: Factsheets & Analysis on Nuclear Weapons, Factsheets & Analysis on Nuclear Weapons Spending, Factsheets & Analysis on Pentagon Budget, Factsheets on Missile Defense, Nuclear Weapons Spending, Pentagon Budget, Security Spending, United States

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