S.Amdt. 4638
What it does: Adds SEC. 1239. ANNUAL REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF THE BILATERAL CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION UNDER THE NEW START TREATY at the end of subtitle C of title XII
Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ)What it changes
1 change to S. 3454 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1239. ANNUAL REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF THE BILATERAL CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION UNDER THE NEW START TREATY at the end of subtitle C of title XII
Adds a sectionIn S. 3454 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(3) Form.--The report under this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
Inserted: SEC. 1239. ANNUAL REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF THE BILATERAL CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION UNDER THE NEW START TREATY.
Inserted: (a) Annual Report Required.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall jointly submit to Congress each year a report on the activities of the Bilateral Consultative Commission established by the New START Treaty during the preceding year.
Inserted: (2) Elements.--Each report required by this subsection shall include, for the year covered by such report, a description of any issues raised at the Bilateral Consultative Commission, including the following:
Inserted: (A) Any discussion by either party regarding the missile defense capabilities or conventional global strike capabilities of the United States.
Inserted: (B) Any discussion by either party regarding a compliance violation, or potential compliance violation, with respect to the New START Treaty.
Inserted: (3) Form.--Each report under this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. Any classified annex included with such a report shall include a detailed explanation for the determination to submit the matters covered by such annex in a classified manner.
Inserted: (b) Prohibition on Availability of Funds.--No amount authorized to be appropriated by this Act or any other Act may be obligated or expended to negotiate or agree to the following:
Inserted: (1) Any limitation on the development or deployment of United States missile defenses.
Inserted: (2) Any exchange of telemetric information on United States missile defenses and conventional prompt global strike systems.
Inserted: (3) Any limitation on the development or deployment of a conventional prompt global strike system.
Inserted: (c) Limitation on Availability Funds for Implementation of Agreements.--No amount authorized to be appropriated by this Act or any other Act may be obligated or expended to implement or carry out any agreement of the United States and the Russian Federation entered into through or pursuant to the Bilateral Consultative Commission until the date that is 60 days after the date on which the President submits to the Majority Leader of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a notice on such agreement, including a comprehensive description of the terms of such agreement.
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Inserted: (d) New START Treaty Defined.--In this section, the term "New START Treaty" means the Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed on April 8, 2010.
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At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:
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SA 4638. Mr. KYL (for himself and Mr. Sessions) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3454, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1239. ANNUAL REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF THE BILATERAL CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION UNDER THE NEW START TREATY.
(a) Annual Report Required.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall jointly submit to Congress each year a report on the activities of the Bilateral Consultative Commission established by the New START Treaty during the preceding year.
(2) Elements.--Each report required by this subsection shall include, for the year covered by such report, a description of any issues raised at the Bilateral Consultative Commission, including the following:
(A) Any discussion by either party regarding the missile defense capabilities or conventional global strike capabilities of the United States.
(B) Any discussion by either party regarding a compliance violation, or potential compliance violation, with respect to the New START Treaty.
(3) Form.--Each report under this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. Any classified annex included with such a report shall include a detailed explanation for the determination to submit the matters covered by such annex in a classified manner.
(b) Prohibition on Availability of Funds.--No amount authorized to be appropriated by this Act or any other Act may be obligated or expended to negotiate or agree to the following:
(1) Any limitation on the development or deployment of United States missile defenses.
(2) Any exchange of telemetric information on United States missile defenses and conventional prompt global strike systems.
(3) Any limitation on the development or deployment of a conventional prompt global strike system.
(c) Limitation on Availability Funds for Implementation of Agreements.--No amount authorized to be appropriated by this Act or any other Act may be obligated or expended to implement or carry out any agreement of the United States and the Russian Federation entered into through or pursuant to the Bilateral Consultative Commission until the date that is 60 days after the date on which the President submits to the Majority Leader of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a notice on such agreement, including a comprehensive description of the terms of such agreement.
(d) New START Treaty Defined.--In this section, the term “New START Treaty” means the Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed on April 8, 2010.
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Senate amendment submitted
September 21, 2010