S.Amdt. 1352

1. Adds SEC. 3114. REPORT ON ASSISTANCE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY OF RUSSIAN NONSTRATEGIC NUCLEAR WEAPONS on page 296, line 19

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   Inserted: SEC. 3114. REPORT ON ASSISTANCE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY OF RUSSIAN NONSTRATEGIC NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

   Inserted: (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:

   Inserted: (1) The nonstrategic nuclear weapons of the Russian Federation are insufficiently accounted for and insufficiently secure.

   Inserted: (2) Because of the dangers posed by such insufficient accounting and security, it is in the national security interest of the United States to assist the Russian Federation in the conduct of a comprehensive inventory of its nonstrategic nuclear weapons.

   Inserted: (3) It is in the interests of the United States and Russia to begin negotiations on a verifiable agreement leading to the reduction and dismantlement of nonstrategic Russian nuclear weapons and the corresponding reduction of excess United States nuclear forces.

   Inserted: (4) In the March 2003 Senate resolution advising and consenting to the ratification of the Moscow Treaty, the Senate urged the President "to engage the Russian Federation with the objectives of establishing cooperative measures to give each party to the Treaty improved confidence regarding the accurate accounting and security of nonstrategic nuclear weapons maintained by the other party; and providing the United States or other international assistance to help the Russian Federation ensure the accurate accounting and security of its nonstrategic nuclear weapons."

   Inserted: (b) Report.--

   Inserted: (1) Report required.--Not later than March 1, 2006, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Energy shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, submit to Congress a joint report on the accounting for and security of the nonstrategic nuclear weapons of the Russian Federation.

   Inserted: (2) Content.--The report shall include--

   Inserted: (A) An assessment of the actions of the Government of Russia and the United States Government toward the fulfillment of their commitments under the 1991 Presidential Nuclear Initiatives;

   Inserted: (B) an evaluation of the past and current efforts of the United States Government to encourage or facilitate a proper accounting for and securing of the nonstrategic nuclear weapons of the Russian Federation, and the strategy of the United States Government to overcome obstacles to realize joint measures that would lead to the further withdrawal, reductions, and verifiable dismantlement of Russian and United States substrategic weapons; and

   Inserted: (C) a strategy for, and recommendations regarding, actions by the United States Government that are most likely to lead to progress in improving the accounting for, securing of, and elimination of such weapons.

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   Inserted: (c) Review of United States Stockpile of Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons.--

   Inserted: (1) Review required.--Not later than February 1, 2006, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall conduct a joint review of the military missions and strategic rationale for the remaining United States stockpile of nonstrategic nuclear weapons stationed at NATO bases in Europe, including--

   Inserted: (A) an investigation of alternative options for meeting such missions by using other elements of the United States nuclear weapons stockpile; and

   Inserted: (B) an assessment of the circumstances that would facilitate further reductions of the United States stockpile of nonstrategic nuclear weapons.

   Inserted: (2) Report required.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall submit a joint report on the results of the review under paragraph (1) with the report submitted under subsection (b).

   Inserted: (d) Form.--The reports required under subsections (b) and (c) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

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