Fischer Advances Over $7.6 Billion for National Defense, Nuclear Modernization

Today, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, voted for a three-bill funding package that would allocate over $7.6 billion for defense programs she supported within the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the U.S. Department of Energy.
"As a member of the Appropriations Committee and senior member of the Armed Services Committee, I've fought to secure critical funding to modernize our nuclear deterrent and sustainment programs. This robust investment shows our adversaries that America is strong, ready, and capable of responding to any threat to our nation's security at any time and anywhere," Fischer said.
Fischer supported the following federal program funding:

• $186 million for the nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM-N)
• $2.6 billion for plutonium pit production between Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and Savannah River Site in South Carolina
• $1.6 billion to update the infrastructure, materials, and processes for non-primary components of nuclear weapons such as uranium, lithium, tritium, and high explosives
• $1.26 billion for the W80-4 nuclear warhead modernization program
• $806 million for the W93 nuclear warhead for submarine-launched ballistic missiles
• $649 million for the W87-1 nuclear warhead to accompany the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
• At least $502 million to modernize aging facilities, address environmental impacts, and upgrade security features at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee's Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• $49.4 million for the B61-13 nuclear gravity bomb

Fischer advanced key provision for nuclear modernization:

• Directs the NNSA to provide a briefing on plans to accelerate high explosives and material staging facility acquisitions