S.Amdt. 3829

1. Adds SEC. 1247. INF TREATY INSPECTION AND VERIFICATION at the end of subtitle C of title XII

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   (c) Sunset.--The requirements in this section shall terminate on January 31, 2017.

   Inserted: SEC. 1247. INF TREATY INSPECTION AND VERIFICATION.

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

   Inserted: (1) The United States has determined that the Russian Federation is in violation of its obligations under 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, and entered into force June 1, 1988 (commonly referred to as the "INF Treaty") not to possess, produce, or flight-test ground-launched missiles with range capabilities of 500 to 5,500 kilometers, or to possess or produce launchers of such missiles.

   Inserted: (2) The United States Government has raised INF compliance concerns with the Russian Federation on repeated occasions in an effort to resolve United States concerns. The United States Government continues to attempt to address these very serious matters with the Government of the Russian Federation.

   Inserted: (3) On April 2, 2014, General Philip Breedlove, Commander of the United States European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, stated, "A weapon capability that violates the INF Treaty, that is introduced into the greater European land mass is absolutely a tool that will have to be dealt with . . . It cannot go unanswered."

   Inserted: (4) The July 31, 2014, annual Department of State Report on Arms Control Compliance stated, "The United States has determined that the Russian Federation is in violation of its obligations under the INF Treaty not to possess, produce, or flight-test a ground-launched cruise missiles with range capabilities of 500 km to 5,500 km, or to possess or produce launchers of such missiles."

   Inserted: (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--

   Inserted: (1) the responsibility for violating the terms and the spirit of the INF Treaty lies solely with Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin;

   Inserted: (2) the President should hold the Government of the Russian Federation accountable for these breaches of its obligations under the INF Treaty and obtain the complete and verifiable elimination of any military capabilities acquired as a result of flight testing ground launched missiles with ranges prohibited by the INF Treaty; and

   Inserted: (3) bringing the Russian Federation back into compliance with the INF Treaty will require a new verification and inspection regime that includes vigorous onsite inspections and interviews.

   Inserted: (c) Report on Inspection and Verification Regime.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report, in classified and unclassified form, that includes a new INF inspection and verification regime that will ensure compliance of the Russian Federation with the INF Treaty.

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   Inserted: (2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall, at a minimum, include the following elements:

   Inserted: (A) A complete list of facilities that will require onsite inspections to ensure INF-noncompliant missiles and launchers are destroyed and that additional INF-noncompliant systems are not being developed tested, manufactured, or deployed.

   Inserted: (B) A list of individuals who could be interviewed to determine the extent of INF violations.

   Inserted: (C) A mechanism for sharing this and other relevant information with countries whose borders are within 5,500 kilometers of the Russian Federation.

   Inserted: (D) A cost estimate of the inspection regime.

   Inserted: (d) Report on Legal Analysis for Compliance Judgment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees the legal analysis underpinning any compliance judgment for any ground launched missile system where the assessed deployed range is between 500 and 5,500 kilometers.

   Inserted: (e) Notification of Certain Deployments.--The Director of National Intelligence shall promptly notify the appropriate congressional committees in writing of any deployment by the Russian Federation of ground launched missile systems with assessed deployed ranges between 500 and 5500 kilometers. The notification shall include the system, deployment site, numbers, and other relevant information.

   Inserted: (f) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, the term "appropriate congressional committees" means--

   Inserted: (1) the congressional defense committees;

   Inserted: (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and

   Inserted: (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:

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