Directs the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and the Director of National Intelligence, to report to Congress regarding information and intelligence sharing with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and NATO countries on compliance issues related to the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF Treaty).
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1924 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1924
To require a report on INF Treaty compliance information sharing.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 14, 2014
Mr. Risch (for himself, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Chambliss, Mr.
Cornyn, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Wicker,
Mr. Sessions, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Moran, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Blunt, Mr.
Roberts, Ms. Murkowski, and Mr. Johanns) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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A BILL
To require a report on INF Treaty compliance information sharing.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REPORT ON INF TREATY COMPLIANCE INFORMATION SHARING.
(a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the
Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence, shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on
information and intelligence sharing with North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) and NATO countries on compliance issues related to
the INF Treaty.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall
include the following elements:
(1) A description of all compliance and consistency issues
associated with the INF Treaty, including a listing and
assessment of all Ground Launched Russian Federation Systems
being designed, tested, or deployed with ranges between 500
kilometers and 5,500 kilometers.
(2) An assessment of INF Treaty compliance and consistency
information sharing among NATO countries, including--
(A) sharing among specific NATO countries and the
NATO Secretariat;
(B) the date specific information was shared; and
(C) the manner in which such information was
transmitted.
(3) If any information on INF Treaty compliance or
consistency was withheld from a specific NATO country or the
NATO Secretariat, a justification for why such information was
withheld.
(c) Updates.--Not later than 180 days and one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination
with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National
Intelligence, shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees
updates to the report submitted under subsection (a).
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee
on Foreign Relations, the Select Committee on
Intelligence, and the Committee on Appropriations of
the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence, and the Committee on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives.
(2) INF treaty.--The term ``INF Treaty'' means the Treaty
Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics on the Elimination of their Intermediate-
Range and Shorter-Range Missiles, signed at Washington, DC,
December 8, 1987.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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