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Calendar No. 218
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2727
[Report No. 111–100]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 4, 2009
Mr. Lugar (for himself, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Corker, Mr. Kerry, and Mr. Kaufman) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
November 20, 2009
Reported by Mr. Kerry, without amendment
A BILL
To provide for continued application of arrangements under the Protocol on Inspections and Continuous Monitoring Activities Relating to the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms in the period following the Protocol's termination on December 5, 2009.
Short title
This Act may be cited as
the START I Treaty Inspections and
Monitoring Protocol Continuation Act of 2009
.
Authority to accord privileges and immunities
For the purpose of facilitating continued
application of the arrangements provided for in the Protocol on Inspections and
Continuous Monitoring Activities Relating to the Treaty Between the United
States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduction
and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed at Moscow July 31, 1991
(the Protocol
), in the period following the Protocol’s
termination on December 5, 2009, the President is authorized to accord to
eligible officials of the Russian Federation the privileges and immunities
provided for in Article II, paragraph 7 of the Protocol, subject to the
provisions of this Act.
Conditions of privileges and immunities
Eligibility
An official of the Russian Federation shall be eligible to be accorded privileges and immunities pursuant to section 2 only if the official has been invited by the United States Government after December 5, 2009, to perform within the territory of the United States an inspection or continuous monitoring activity consistent with the procedures established in the Protocol.
Limitation on scope
Consistent with Article II, paragraph 7 of the Protocol, any privileges and immunities accorded to an official of the Russian Federation pursuant to section 2 shall be in order to allow such official to exercise the official’s functions effectively for the purpose of performing an inspection or continuous monitoring activity consistent with the procedures established in the Protocol and not for the personal benefit of such official.
Duration
Consistent with Article II, paragraph 7 of the Protocol, any privileges and immunities accorded pursuant to section 2 may be accorded for the entire time the official of the Russian Federation is within the territory of the United States, and thereafter with respect to acts previously performed in the exercise of the official functions of such official.
Obligations
Consistent with Article II, paragraph 7 of the Protocol, an official of the Russian Federation accorded privileges and immunities under section 2 shall, for the duration of such official's stay in the United States and without prejudice to such privileges and immunities, be obligated—
to respect the laws and regulations of the United States;
not to interfere in the internal affairs of the United States; and
not to engage in any professional or commercial activity for personal profit.
Termination of authority
The authority provided under section 2 shall terminate on June 5, 2010, or on the date of the entry into force of an agreement between the United States and the Russian Federation that supersedes the Protocol, whichever occurs earlier.
November 20, 2009
Reported without amendment