To require briefings on dialogue between the United States and the Russian Federation on nuclear arms, missile defense, and long-range conventional strike systems.

1. Adds SEC. 1064. BRIEFINGS AND CONSULTATIONS ON THE MILITARY IMPLICATIONS OF PROPOSALS OF THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA UNDER CONSIDERATION IN NEGOTIATIONS ON NUCLEAR ARMS, MISSILE DEFENSE, AND LONG-RANGE CONVENTIONAL STRIKE SYSTEM MATTERS at the end of subtitle F of title X

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   Section 234 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 1664; 50 U.S.C. 2367) is repealed.

   Inserted: SEC. 1064. BRIEFINGS AND CONSULTATIONS ON THE MILITARY IMPLICATIONS OF PROPOSALS OF THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA UNDER CONSIDERATION IN NEGOTIATIONS ON NUCLEAR ARMS, MISSILE DEFENSE, AND LONG-RANGE CONVENTIONAL STRIKE SYSTEM MATTERS.

   Inserted: (a) Briefings and Consultations.--

   Inserted: (1) Briefings.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 120 days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall, in coordination with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, provide to the appropriate committees of Congress a briefing on the military and strategic implications of any offer or proposal, by either the Russian Federation or the United States, to limit or control nuclear arms, missile defense systems, or long-range conventional strike systems, including any proposal as part of formal negotiations between the two countries or otherwise exchanged between official entities of the two countries.

   Inserted: (2) Basis of quarterly consultations.--The briefings under paragraph (1) shall serve as the basis for quarterly consultations to be provided by the Secretary to the appropriate committees of Congress on any current proposals described in that paragraph.

   Inserted: (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that any agreement of the United States with the Russian Federation related to missile defense, nuclear weapons, or long-range conventional strike systems that would limit, constrain, or reduce the Armed Forces or armaments of the United States in any militarily significant manner may be made only pursuant to the treaty-making power of the President as set forth in Article II, section, 2, clause 2, of the Constitution of the United States, as consistent with section 303(b) of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act.

   Inserted: (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, the term "appropriate committees of Congress" means--

   Inserted: (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and

   Inserted: (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

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   At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

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