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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2314 

To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a strategy to prevent the 

proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and related materials in 

the Middle East and North Africa region, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 11, 2013 

Mr. FORTENBERRY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a strategy 

to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and related materials in the Middle East and North 

Africa region, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cooperative Threat 

5 Reduction Modernization Act’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. STRATEGY TO MODERNIZE COOPERATIVE THREAT 

2 REDUCTION AND PREVENT THE PROLIFERA3 TION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION 

4 AND RELATED MATERIALS IN THE MIDDLE 

5 EAST AND NORTH AFRICA REGION. 

6 (a) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De7 fense, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the 

8 Secretary of Energy, shall establish a comprehensive strat9 egy to modernize cooperative threat reduction and advance 

10 cooperative efforts with international partners to reduce 

11 the threat from the proliferation of weapons of mass de12 struction and related materials in the Middle East and 

13 North Africa region. 

14 (b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by subsection 

15 (a) shall— 

16 (1) build upon the current activities of the De17 partments of Defense, State, and Energy’s non18 proliferation programs that aim to mitigate the 

19 range of threats in the Middle East and North Afri20 ca region posed by weapons of mass destruction; 

21 (2) review issues relating to the threat from the 

22 proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and re23 lated materials in the Middle East and North Africa 

24 region on a regional basis as well as on a country25 by-country basis; 

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1 (3) review the activities and achievements in the 

2 Middle East and North Africa region of the Depart3 ment of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Pro4 gram and the nonproliferation programs at the De5 partment of State and Department of Energy and 

6 other United States Government agencies and de7 partments designed to address nuclear, radiological, 

8 chemical, and biological safety and security issues; 

9 (4) ensure the continued coordination of cooper10 ative nonproliferation efforts within the United 

11 States Government and further mobilize and lever12 age additional resources from partner nations, non13 governmental and multilateral organizations, and 

14 international institutions; 

15 (5) include an assessment of what countries are 

16 financially, materially, or technologically supporting 

17 proliferation in this region and how the strategy will 

18 prevent, stop or interdict the support; 

19 (6) include an estimate of associated costs re20 quired to plan and execute the proposed cooperative 

21 threat reduction activities in order to execute the 

22 comprehensive strategy to prevent the proliferation 

23 of weapons of mass destruction and related mate24 rials; and 

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1 (7) include a discussion of the metrics to meas2 ure the strategy’s and activities’ success in reducing 

3 the regional threat of the proliferation of weapons of 

4 mass destruction. 

5 (c) INTEGRATION AND COORDINATION.—The strat6 egy required by subsection (a) shall include an assessment 

7 of gaps in current cooperative nonproliferation efforts, an 

8 articulation of agencies’ threat reduction priorities in the 

9 Middle East and North Africa region, the establishment 

10 of appropriate metrics for determining success in the re11 gion, and steps to ensure that the strategy fits in broader 

12 United States efforts to reduce the threat from weapons 

13 of mass destruction. 

14 (d) CONSULTATION.—In establishing the strategy re15 quired by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may 

16 consult with both governmental and nongovernmental ex17 perts from a diverse set of views. 

18 (e) STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not 

19 later than March 31, 2014, the Secretary of Defense shall 

20 submit to the specified congressional committees the coop21 erative threat reduction modernization strategy required 

22 by subsection (a), as well as a plan for the implementation 

23 of the strategy required by subsection (a). 

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1 (f) FORM.—The strategy required by subsection (a) 

2 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

3 a classified annex. 

4 (g) SPECIFIED CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—In 

5 this section, the term ‘‘specific congressional committees’’ 

6 means— 

7 (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

8 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee 

9 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; 

10 and 

11 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

12 Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee 

13 on Appropriations of the Senate. 

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