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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4433 

To provide military assistance to Ukraine, to enhance the presence and 

capabilities of the United States military in Europe, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 9, 2014 

Mr. TURNER (for himself, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, and Mr. MCKEON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 

Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services and Select 

Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To provide military assistance to Ukraine, to enhance the 

presence and capabilities of the United States military 

in Europe, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS; DEFINI4 TIONS. 

5 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

6 ‘‘Forging Peace Through Strength in Ukraine and the 

7 Transatlantic Alliance Act’’. 


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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

2 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents; definitions. 

Sec. 2. Sense of Congress. 

Sec. 3. Strategic framework for United States security force assistance and cooperation in the European and Eurasian regions. 

Sec. 4. Requirement for plan to increase intelligence and cyber cooperation with 

Ukraine. 

Sec. 5. Enhancing presence and capabilities of United States military in Europe. 

Sec. 6. Enhancing readiness posture of United States military in Europe. 

Sec. 7. Posturing United States strategic capabilities. 

Sec. 8. Limitation on military contact and cooperation between the United 

States and the Russian Federation. 

Sec. 9. Limitation on non-proliferation activities between the United States and 

the Russian Federation. 

Sec. 10. Annual report on military and security developments involving the 

Russian Federation. 

3 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

4 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT5 TEES.—Except as otherwise provided, the term ‘‘ap6 propriate congressional committees’’ means— 

7 (A) the Committee on Armed Services and 

8 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen9 ate; and 

10 (B) the Committee on Armed Services and 

11 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

12 of Representatives. 

13 (2) CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES.— 

14 The term ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ has 

15 the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) 

16 of title 10, United States Code. 

17 (3) NATO.—The term ‘‘NATO’’ means the 

18 North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 


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1 (4) TREATIES DEFINED.— 

2 (A) CFE TREATY.—The term ‘‘CFE Trea3 ty’’ means the Treaty on Conventional Armed 

4 Forces in Europe, signed at Paris November 

5 19, 1990, and entered into force July 17, 1992. 

6 (B) INF TREATY.—The term ‘‘INF Trea7 ty’’ means the Treaty Between the United 

8 States of America and the Union of Soviet So9 cialist Republics on the Elimination of Their 

10 Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Mis11 siles, commonly referred to as the Intermediate12 Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, signed at 

13 Washington December 8, 1987, and entered 

14 into force June 1, 1988. 

15 (C) NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY.—The term 

16 ‘‘North Atlantic Treaty’’ means the North At17 lantic Treaty signed at Washington, April 4, 

18 1949, and entered into force August 24, 1949. 

19 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

20 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

21 (1) On March 1, 2014, Russian Federation 

22 President Vladimir Putin sought and received from 

23 the upper house of the Russian parliament the 

24 standing authorization of the use of military force to 

25 send Russian forces into Ukrainian territory. 


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1 (2) On March 2, 2014, Russian troops invaded 

2 the Ukrainian territory of Crimea, seizing control of 

3 the peninsula, border crossings, government and ad4 ministrative buildings, key infrastructure, and sur5 rounding Ukrainian military bases. 

6 (3) From February 26 to March 3, 2014, 

7 President Putin directed exercises of 150,000 troops, 

8 including air and naval forces, and live fire dem9 onstrations in western Russia, near the border with 

10 Ukraine. 

11 (4) On March 3, 2014, the Department of De12 fense announced it was suspending United States 

13 military engagement with Russia. 

14 (5) On March 12, 2014, in response to Russian 

15 aggression and provocations, the United States de16 ployed additional F–15 aircraft to NATO’s Baltic 

17 Air Policing Mission and F–16 aircraft to an avia18 tion detachment in Poland. 

19 (6) On March 16, 2014, Crimea held a ref20 erendum on seceding from Ukraine and accede to 

21 the Russian Federation, which violated the Ukrain22 ian constitution, occurred under duress of Russian 

23 military intervention, and was not recognized by the 

24 international community. 


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1 (7) On March 20, 2014, the Russian par2 liament voted to annex Crimea and Russian Presi3 dent Putin signed the treaty of accession annexing 

4 Crimea to the Russian Federation. 

5 (8) On March 23, 2014, NATO Supreme Allied 

6 Command and Commander of U.S. European Com7 mand, General Philip Breedlove stated that the Rus8 sian ‘‘force that is at the Ukrainian border now to 

9 the east is very, very sizeable and very, very ready’’. 

10 (9) The Government of the Federation of Rus11 sian continues to provoke demonstrations and vio12 lence in Ukraine in order to create a false narrative 

13 of separatism and illegal justification for Russian 

14 intervention. 

15 (10) On April 3, 2014, NATO Supreme Allied 

16 Commander and Commander of U.S. European 

17 Command, General Philip Breedlove, stated that 

18 Russia has 40,000 troops capable of moving within 

19 12 hours with elements of a Combined Arms Army, 

20 supported by fixed-wing aircraft, rotary aircraft, and 

21 the logistics required in order to successfully make 

22 an incursion. 

23 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the 

24 Congress that— 


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1 (1) the continuing and long-standing pattern 

2 and practice by the Government of the Russian Fed3 eration of physical, diplomatic, and economic aggres4 sion toward neighboring countries is clearly intended 

5 to undermine regional security and stability; 

6 (2) the Russian military build-up and aggres7 sive posture on the eastern border of Ukraine rep8 resents a deliberate intent to intimidate Ukraine and 

9 its citizens to submit to Russian control; 

10 (3) the Russian Federation should immediately 

11 cease all improper and illegal activities in Ukraine, 

12 including the seizures of airfields and other loca13 tions, and President Putin should direct an imme14 diate return of Russian forces to their barracks; 

15 (4) the United States reaffirms its strong com16 mitment to the 1994 Budapest Memorandum on Se17 curity Assurances which was executed jointly with 

18 the Russian Federation and the United Kingdom to 

19 explicitly secure the independence, sovereignty, and 

20 territorial integrity and borders of Ukraine; 

21 (5) the United States supports the continued 

22 professionalization of the Ukrainian military and 

23 should enhance United States direct security co24 operation with the Ukrainian military; 


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1 (6) the United States reaffirms its defense com2 mitments to its treaty allies under Article 5 of the 

3 North Atlantic Treaty; 

4 (7) the United States supports the expansion of 

5 security cooperation with states in Central and East6 ern Europe, including NATO member states, NATO 

7 aspirants, and appropriate Eastern Partnership 

8 countries; 

9 (8) the United States should seek immediate 

10 membership in NATO for Montenegro, a NATO 

11 Membership Action Plan for Georgia, a diplomatic 

12 solution to disputes between Macedonia and Greece, 

13 and seek resolution to the constitutional issues of 

14 Bosnia and Herzegovina; 

15 (9) the United States reaffirms its support for 

16 the Supreme Allied Commander of Supreme Head17 quarters, Allied Powers Europe to support NATO 

18 efforts to resolve the conflict peacefully and dip19 lomatically; 

20 (10) the United States encourages the North 

21 Atlantic Council to act in a timely manner to direct 

22 the Supreme Allied Commander of Supreme Head23 quarters, Allied Powers Europe to begin the NATO 

24 Defense Planning Process to NATO contingency 

25 plans in response to a Russian invasion of Ukraine, 


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1 including in Crimea, and establish political guidance 

2 and determine military capability requirements to ef3 fectively posture NATO military forces; and 

4 (11) the United States should take immediate 

5 steps to enhance its military presence and readiness 

6 posture in Europe to deter aggression and assure al7 lies and partners through forward presence and en8 gagement. 

9 SEC. 3. STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR UNITED STATES SE10 CURITY FORCE ASSISTANCE AND COOPERA11 TION IN THE EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN RE12 GIONS. 

13 (a) STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in 

15 coordination with the Secretary of State, shall de16 velop a strategic framework for United States secu17 rity force assistance and cooperation in the Euro18 pean and Eurasian regions. 

19 (2) ELEMENTS.—The strategic framework re20 quired by paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

21 (A) An evaluation of the extent to which 

22 the threat to security and stability in the Euro23 pean and Eurasian regions is a threat to the 

24 national security of the United States and the 

25 security interests of the NATO alliance. 


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1 (B) An identification of the primary objec2 tives, priorities, and desired end-states of 

3 United States security force assistance and co4 operation programs in such regions and of the 

5 resources required to achieve such objectives, 

6 priorities, and end states. 

7 (C) A methodology for assessing the effec8 tiveness of United States security force assist9 ance and cooperation programs in such regions 

10 in making progress towards such objectives, pri11 orities, and end-states, including an identifica12 tion of key benchmarks for such progress. 

13 (D) Criteria for bilateral and multilateral 

14 partnerships in such regions. 

15 (b) REPORT.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

17 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec18 retary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 

19 of State, shall submit to the appropriate congres20 sional committees a report on the strategic frame21 work required by subsection (a). 

22 (2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 

23 (1) shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but 

24 may include a classified annex. 


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1 SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT FOR PLAN TO INCREASE INTEL2 LIGENCE AND CYBER COOPERATION WITH 

3 UKRAINE. 

4 (a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 

6 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan 

7 to— 

8 (1) increase United States intelligence, surveil9 lance, and reconnaissance capabilities devoted to 

10 monitoring the situation in Ukraine; 

11 (2) increase United States intelligence informa12 tion sharing and situational awareness to the max13 imum extent practicable with Ukraine utilizing ap14 propriate bilateral channels and the NATO–Ukraine 

15 Commission; 

16 (3) provide military advice and technical assist17 ance to the Ukrainian military to enhance their de18 fensive preparations and posture; 

19 (4) convene NATO member states and Ukraine 

20 to review options and implement prudent steps to in21 crease the defense of United States, NATO and 

22 Ukraine cyber networks; 

23 (5) work with NATO member states and the 

24 Ukrainian military to counter Russian propaganda; 

25 and 


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1 (6) provide any other types of intelligence and 

2 cyber cooperation with Ukraine and NATO members 

3 that the Secretary of Defense deems appropriate. 

4 (b) FORM.—The plan required in subsection (a) shall 

5 be submitted in an unclassified form, but may include a 

6 classified annex. 

7 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 

8 In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com9 mittees’’ means— 

10 (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

11 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent 

12 Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 

13 Representatives; and 

14 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

15 Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select 

16 Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

17 SEC. 5. ENHANCING PRESENCE AND CAPABILITIES OF 

18 UNITED STATES MILITARY IN EUROPE. 

19 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con20 gress that the President should immediately augment the 

21 Armed Forces of the United States in the area of responsi22 bility of the United States European Command to ensure 

23 that the Commander of the United States European Com24 mand has the capabilities and capacity needed to meet 


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1 operational plan requirements for response under Article 

2 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty in support of a NATO ally. 

3 (b) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 60 days after the 

4 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

5 shall submit to the congressional defense committees— 

6 (1) notification that the Secretary has com7 menced the augmentation described in subsection 

8 (a), including— 

9 (A) the means through which the United 

10 States European Command has been provided 

11 the capabilities and capacity described in such 

12 subsection, including with respect to cyber, spe13 cial operations, and intelligence capabilities to 

14 counter or mitigate conventional, unconven15 tional, and subversive activities of the Russian 

16 Federation within the area of responsibility of 

17 such command; and 

18 (B) how such capabilities and capacity 

19 meet operational plan requirements; or 

20 (2) a detailed justification of the Secretary for 

21 failing to— 

22 (A) commence such augmentation; and 

23 (B) ensure that the Commander of the 

24 United States European Command has such ca25 pabilities and capacity. 


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1 SEC. 6. ENHANCING READINESS POSTURE OF UNITED 

2 STATES MILITARY IN EUROPE. 

3 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con4 gress that the President should— 

5 (1) immediately correct deficiencies in the read6 iness of the Armed Forces of the United States in 

7 the area of responsibility of the United States Euro8 pean Command to meet the operational plan require9 ments for a response under Article 5 of the North 

10 Atlantic Treaty in support of a NATO ally; and 

11 (2) provide appropriate additional resources to 

12 NATO as needed to enhance the readiness of the 

13 forces of NATO member states if a response under 

14 Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty is required. 

15 (b) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 60 days after the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

17 shall submit to the congressional defense committees— 

18 (1) notification that— 

19 (A) the Secretary has commenced the ac20 tions described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of 

21 subsection (a); and 

22 (B) the current, as of the date of the noti23 fication, and the six-month projected readiness 

24 of the Armed Forces of the United States meet 

25 the augmentation described in section (4)(a); or 


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1 (2) a detailed justification of the Secretary for 

2 failing to commence the actions described in para3 graphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a). 

4 SEC. 7. POSTURING UNITED STATES STRATEGIC CAPABILI5 TIES. 

6 (a) AEGIS ASHORE SYSTEM.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31, 

8 2016, and pursuant to an agreement between the 

9 United States and the Government of Poland, the 

10 Secretary of Defense shall ensure the operational 

11 availability of the Aegis Ashore system site in Po12 land. 

13 (2) RELOCATION OF ASSETS.—The Secretary 

14 may relocate the necessary assets of the Aegis weap15 on system between and within the DDG–51 Class 

16 Destroyer program and the Aegis Ashore program to 

17 meet mission requirements. 

18 (3) BRIEFINGS.—The Secretary shall provide to 

19 the congressional defense committees quarterly brief20 ings to update the status of the progress in carrying 

21 out paragraph (1). 

22 (b) THEATER AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE.— 

23 (1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

24 (A) A Patriot battery of the United States 

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1 capability has previously been rotationally de2 ployed to Poland, pursuant to an agreement be3 tween the United States and the Government of 

4 Poland, during a period occurring between 

5 2010 to 2012. 

6 (B) The deployment of the Patriot battery 

7 did not include operational missiles and was not 

8 replaced with another short-range air and mis9 sile defense system upon completion of the de10 ployment rotation in 2012. 

11 (2) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United 

12 States that available short-range air and missile de13 fense systems and terminal missile defense systems 

14 of the United States with operational missiles be 

15 rotationally deployed to central and eastern Euro16 pean allies, pursuant to agreements between the 

17 United States and such allies, to strength the air 

18 and missile defense capabilities of such allies. 

19 (3) MISSILE DEFENSE CAPABILITY OF PO20 LAND.— 

21 (A) Not later than December 31, 2014, 

22 and pursuant to an agreement between the 

23 United States and the Government of Poland, 

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1 sile defense capability or terminal missile de2 fense capability, or both, and the personnel re3 quired to operate and maintain such system. 

4 (B) No action may be taken to effect or 

5 implement the removal of the system or the 

6 personnel described in subparagraph (A) un7 less— 

8 (i) at least 30 days before the re9 moval, the Secretary of Defense notifies 

10 the congressional defense committees that 

11 such removal is temporary and in the na12 tional security interests of the United 

13 States; or 

14 (ii) the removal is requested by the 

15 Government of Poland in the manner pro16 vided in the agreement between the United 

17 States and the Government of Poland re18 garding the system and personnel. 

19 (4) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Defense 

20 shall notify the appropriate congressional committees 

21 by not later than 60 days after the date on which 

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1 scribed in paragraph (2) and the plan of the Sec2 retary for addressing such request. 

3 (c) FORWARD DEPLOYED NUCLEAR WEAPONS.—The 

4 Secretary of Defense shall immediately— 

5 (1) stop plans for the relocation and consolida6 tion of dual-capable aircraft (as defined in section 

7 497a of title 10, United States Code) of the United 

8 States that are based in Europe; 

9 (2) develop plans to temporarily base dual-capa10 ble aircraft of the United States in NATO member 

11 states that make requests to host such aircraft; 

12 (3) conduct siting studies for the construction 

13 of weapon storage and security systems and protec14 tive aircraft shelters in NATO members states that 

15 notify the Secretary of an interest in hosting such 

16 systems and shelters and to provide for reasonable 

17 burden sharing of associated non-recurring and re18 curring costs; and 

19 (4) coordinate with NATO member states on 

20 the policy considerations of a decision by the United 

21 States and its allies to alter the posture of forward 

22 deployed nuclear weapons and related capabilities of 

23 the United States. 


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1 SEC. 8. LIMITATION ON MILITARY CONTACT AND COOPERA2 TION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND 

3 THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

4 (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to 

5 be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 

6 2015 for the Department of Defense may be used for any 

7 bilateral military-to-military contact or cooperation be8 tween the Governments of the United States and the Rus9 sian Federation until the Secretary of Defense, in con10 sultation with the Secretary of State, certifies to the ap11 propriate congressional committees that— 

12 (1) the armed forces of the Russian Federation 

13 are no longer illegally occupying Ukrainian territory; 

14 (2) the Russian Federation is respecting the 

15 sovereignty of all Ukrainian territory; 

16 (3) the Russian Federation is no longer vio17 lating the INF Treaty; and 

18 (4) the Russian Federation is in compliance 

19 with the CFE Treaty and has lifted its suspension 

20 of Russian observance of its treaty obligations. 

21 (b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense may waive 

22 the limitation in subsection (a) if— 

23 (1) the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 

24 with the Secretary of State, submits to the appro25 priate congressional committees— 


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1 (A) a notification that such a waiver is in 

2 the national security interest of the United 

3 States and a description of the national security 

4 interest covered by the waiver; and 

5 (B) a report, in unclassified form, explain6 ing why the Secretary of Defense cannot make 

7 the certification under subsection (a); and 

8 (2) a period of 30 days has elapsed following 

9 the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits 

10 the information in the report under subparagraph 

11 (B). 

12 (c) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN MILITARY BASES.— 

13 The certification requirement specified in paragraph (1) 

14 of subsection (a) shall not apply to military bases of the 

15 Russian Federation in Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula oper16 ating in accordance with its 1997 agreement on the Status 

17 and Conditions of the Black Sea Fleet Stationing on the 

18 Territory of Ukraine. 

19 (d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘bilateral 

20 military-to-military contact or cooperation’’— 

21 (1) means— 

22 (A) reciprocal visits and meetings by high23 ranking delegations; 


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1 (B) information sharing, policy consulta2 tions, security dialogues or other forms of con3 sultative discussions; 

4 (C) exchanges of military instructors, 

5 training personnel, and students; 

6 (D) exchanges of information; 

7 (E) defense planning; and 

8 (F) military training or exercises; but 

9 (2) does not include any contact or cooperation 

10 that is in support of United States stability oper11 ations. 

12 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect on 

13 the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with 

14 respect to funds described in subsection (a) that are unob15 ligated as of such date of enactment. 

16 SEC. 9. LIMITATION ON NON-PROLIFERATION ACTIVITIES 

17 BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE 

18 RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

19 (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to 

20 be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 

21 2015 for the National Nuclear Security Administration of 

22 the Department of Energy may be used for any contact, 

23 cooperation, or transfer of technology between the United 

24 States and the Russian Federation until the Secretary of 

25 Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of State and 


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1 Secretary of Defense, certifies to the appropriate congres2 sional committees that— 

3 (1) the armed forces of the Russian Federation 

4 are no longer illegally occupying Ukrainian territory; 

5 (2) the Russian Federation is respecting the 

6 sovereignty of all Ukrainian territory; 

7 (3) the Russian Federation is no longer vio8 lating the INF Treaty; and 

9 (4) the Russian Federation is in compliance 

10 with the CFE Treaty and has lifted its suspension 

11 of Russian observance of its treaty obligations. 

12 (b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Energy may waive 

13 the limitation in subsection (a) if— 

14 (1) the Secretary of Energy, in coordination 

15 with the Secretary of State and Secretary of De16 fense, submits to the appropriate congressional com17 mittees— 

18 (A) a notification that such a waiver is in 

19 the national security interest of the United 

20 States and a description of the national security 

21 interest covered by the waiver; and 

22 (B) a report, in an unclassified form, ex23 plaining why the Secretary of Energy cannot 

24 make a certification for such under subsection 

25 (a); and 


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1 (2) a period of 30 days has elapsed following 

2 the date on which the Secretary of Energy submits 

3 the information in the report under subparagraph 

4 (B). 

5 (c) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN MILITARY BASES.— 

6 The certification requirement specified in paragraph (1) 

7 of subsection (a) shall not apply to military bases of the 

8 Russian Federation in Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula oper9 ating in accordance with its 1997 agreement on the Status 

10 and Conditions of the Black Sea Fleet Stationing on the 

11 Territory of Ukraine. 

12 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect on 

13 the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with 

14 respect to funds described in subsection (a) that are unob15 ligated as of such date of enactment. 

16 SEC. 10. ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY AND SECURITY DE17 VELOPMENTS INVOLVING THE RUSSIAN FED18 ERATION. 

19 (a) REPORT.—Not later than June 1 of each year, 

20 the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate 

21 congressional committees a report, in both classified and 

22 unclassified form, on the current and future military 

23 power of the Russian Federation (in this section referred 

24 to as ‘‘Russia’’). The report shall address the current and 

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1 ment of the Russian military, the tenets and probable de2 velopment of Russian security strategy and military strat3 egy, and military organizations and operational concepts, 

4 for the 20-year period following submission of such report. 

5 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—A report required 

6 under subsection (a) shall include the following: 

7 (1) An assessment of the security situation in 

8 regions neighboring Russia. 

9 (2) The goals and factors shaping Russian se10 curity strategy and military strategy. 

11 (3) Trends in Russian security and military be12 havior that would be designed to achieve, or that are 

13 consistent with, the goals described in paragraph 

14 (2). 

15 (4) An assessment of Russia’s global and re16 gional security objectives, including objectives that 

17 would affect NATO, the Middle East, and the Peo18 ple’s Republic of China. 

19 (5) A detailed assessment of the sizes, loca20 tions, and capabilities of Russian nuclear, special op21 erations, land, sea, and air forces. 

22 (6) Developments in Russian military doctrine 

23 and training. 

24 (7) An assessment of the proliferation activities 

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1 terials, technologies, or expertise relating to nuclear 

2 weapons or other weapons of mass destruction or 

3 missile systems. 

4 (8) Developments in Russia’s asymmetric capa5 bilities, including its strategy and efforts to develop 

6 and deploy cyberwarfare and electronic warfare ca7 pabilities, details on the number of malicious cyber 

8 incidents originating from Russia against Depart9 ment of Defense infrastructure, and associated ac10 tivities originating or suspected of originating from 

11 Russia. 

12 (9) The strategy and capabilities of Russian 

13 space and counterspace programs, including trends, 

14 global and regional activities, the involvement of 

15 military and civilian organizations, including state16 owned enterprises, academic institutions, and com17 mercial entities, and efforts to develop, acquire, or 

18 gain access to advanced technologies that would en19 hance Russian military capabilities. 

20 (10) Developments in Russia’s nuclear pro21 gram, including the size and state of Russia’s stock22 pile, its nuclear strategy and associated doctrines, its 

23 civil and military production capacities, and projec24 tions of its future arsenals. 


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1 (11) A description of Russia’s anti-access and 

2 area denial capabilities. 

3 (12) A description of Russia’s command, con4 trol, communications, computers, intelligence, sur5 veillance, and reconnaissance modernization program 

6 and its applications for Russia’s precision guided 

7 weapons. 

8 (13) In consultation with the Secretary of En9 ergy and the Secretary of State, developments re10 garding United States-Russian engagement and co11 operation on security matters. 

12 (14) The current state of United States mili13 tary-to-military contacts with the Russian Federa14 tion Armed Forces, which shall include the following: 

15 (A) A comprehensive and coordinated 

16 strategy for such military-to-military contacts 

17 and updates to the strategy. 

18 (B) A summary of all such military-to-mili19 tary contacts during the one-year period pre20 ceding the report, including a summary of top21 ics discussed and questions asked by the Rus22 sian participants in those contacts. 

23 (C) A description of such military-to-mili24 tary contacts scheduled for the 12-month period 


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1 following such report and the plan for future 

2 contacts. 

3 (D) The Secretary’s assessment of the ben4 efits the Russians expect to gain from such 

5 military-to-military contacts. 

6 (E) The Secretary’s assessment of the ben7 efits the Department of Defense expects to gain 

8 from such military-to-military contacts, and any 

9 concerns regarding such contacts. 

10 (F) The Secretary’s assessment of how 

11 such military-to-military contacts fit into the 

12 larger security relationship between the United 

13 States and the Russian Federation. 

14 (15) A description of Russian military-to-mili15 tary relationships with other countries, including the 

16 size and activity of military attache ́ offices around 

17 the world and military education programs con18 ducted in Russia for other countries or in other 

19 countries for the Russians. 

20 (16) Other military and security developments 

21 involving Russia that the Secretary of Defense con22 siders relevant to United States national security. 

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