John Garamendi: “I have an amendment at the desk as the designee of the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer). The Acting CHAIR. The…”

“I have an amendment at the desk as the designee of the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer). The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: In section 3114-- (1) strike subsection (a) (and redesignate subsection (b) as subsection (a)); (2) in subsection (a), as so redesignated, strike ``The Secretary'' and insert ``Except as provided by subsection (b), the Secretary''; and (3) add at the end the following new subsection: (b) Limitation.--Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2019 for the W76-2 warhead modification program, not more than 50 percent may be obligated or expended until the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a report-- (1) assessing the potential effects of the modification or development of a low-yield nuclear warhead for submarine- launched ballistic missiles on strategic stability; and (2) assessing options to-- (A) reduce the risk of miscalculation associated with adversaries being unable to distinguish between a submarine- launched ballistic missile carrying a low-yield warhead and such a missile carrying several high-yield warheads; and (B) preserve the survivability and the second-strike capability of ballistic missile submarines without increasing risk. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 905, the gentleman from California (Mr.…”