S.Amdt. 2176
What it does: Adds SEC. 1237. REPORT ON INF TREATY COMPLIANCE INFORMATION SHARING at the end of subtitle C of title XXIIWhat it changes
1 change to S. 1197
Adds SEC. 1237. REPORT ON INF TREATY COMPLIANCE INFORMATION SHARING at the end of subtitle C of title XXII
Adds a sectionInserted: SEC. 1237. REPORT ON INF TREATY COMPLIANCE INFORMATION SHARING.
Inserted: (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.
Inserted: (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following elements:
Inserted: (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.
Inserted: (2) An assessment of INF Treaty compliance and consistency information sharing among NATO countries, including--
Inserted: (A) sharing among specific NATO countries and the NATO Secretariat;
Inserted: (B) the date specific information was shared; and
Inserted: (C) the manner in which such information was transmitted.
Inserted: (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.
Inserted: (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).
Inserted: (d) Definitions.--In this section:
Inserted: (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term "appropriate congressional committees" means--
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Inserted: (A) the congressional defense committees;
Inserted: (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
Inserted: (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
Inserted: (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 December 8, 1987.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle C of title XXII, add the following:
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As printed
SA 2176. Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Moran, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Vitter, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. Hoeven) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1197, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 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 XXII, add the following:
SEC. 1237. 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 congressional defense committees;
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
(C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 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 December 8, 1987.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 19, 2013