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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2727 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 4, 2009 

Mr. LUGAR introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

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. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘START I Treaty In3 spections and Monitoring Protocol Continuation Act of 

4 2009’’. 

5 SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ACCORD PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNI6 TIES. 

7 For the purpose of facilitating continued application 

8 of the arrangements provided for in the Protocol on In9 spections and Continuous Monitoring Activities Relating 

10 to the Treaty Between the United States of America and 

11 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduction 

12 and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed at 

13 Moscow July 31, 1991 (‘‘the Protocol’’), in the period fol14 lowing the Protocol’s termination on December 5, 2009, 

15 the President is authorized to accord to eligible officials 

16 of the Russian Federation the privileges and immunities 

17 provided for in Article II, paragraph 7 of the Protocol, 

18 subject to the provisions of this Act. 

19 SEC. 3. CONDITIONS OF PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES. 

20 (a) ELIGIBILITY.—An official of the Russian Federa21 tion shall be eligible to be accorded privileges and immuni22 ties pursuant to section 2 only if the official has been in23 vited by the United States Government after December 

24 5, 2009, to perform within the territory of the United 

25 States an inspection or continuous monitoring activity 

26 consistent with the procedures established in the Protocol. 


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1 (b) LIMITATION ON SCOPE.—Consistent with Article 

2 II, paragraph 7 of the Protocol, any privileges and immu3 nities accorded to an official of the Russian Federation 

4 pursuant to section 2 shall be in order to allow such offi5 cial to exercise the official’s functions effectively for the 

6 purpose of performing an inspection or continuous moni7 toring activity consistent with the procedures established 

8 in the Protocol and not for the personal benefit of such 

9 official. 

10 (c) DURATION.—Consistent with Article II, para11 graph 7 of the Protocol, any privileges and immunities ac12 corded pursuant to section 2 may be accorded for the en13 tire time the official of the Russian Federation is within 

14 the territory of the United States, and thereafter with re15 spect to acts previously performed in the exercise of the 

16 official functions of such official. 

17 (d) OBLIGATIONS.—Consistent with Article II, para18 graph 7 of the Protocol, an official of the Russian Federa19 tion accorded privileges and immunities under section 2 

20 shall, for the duration of such official’s stay in the United 

21 States and without prejudice to such privileges and immu22 nities, be obligated— 

23 (1) to respect the laws and regulations of the 

24 United States; 


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1 (2) not to interfere in the internal affairs of the 

2 United States; and 

3 (3) not to engage in any professional or com4 mercial activity for personal profit. 

5 SEC. 4. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY. 

6 The authority provided under section 2 shall termi7 nate on June 5, 2010, or on the date of the entry into 

8 force of an agreement between the United States and the 

9 Russian Federation that supersedes the Protocol, which10 ever occurs earlier. 

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