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Calendar No. 218 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2727 

[Report No. 111–100] 

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 (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. 


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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 ‘‘START I Treaty In5 spections and Monitoring Protocol Continuation Act of 

6 2009’’. 

7 SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ACCORD PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNI8 TIES. 

9 For the purpose of facilitating continued application 

10 of the arrangements provided for in the Protocol on In11 spections and Continuous Monitoring Activities Relating 

12 to the Treaty Between the United States of America and 

13 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduction 

14 and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed at 

15 Moscow July 31, 1991 (‘‘the Protocol’’), in the period fol16 lowing the Protocol’s termination on December 5, 2009, 

17 the President is authorized to accord to eligible officials 

18 of the Russian Federation the privileges and immunities 

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

20 subject to the provisions of this Act. 

21 SEC. 3. CONDITIONS OF PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES. 

22 (a) ELIGIBILITY.—An official of the Russian Federa23 tion shall be eligible to be accorded privileges and immuni24 ties pursuant to section 2 only if the official has been in25 vited by the United States Government after December 


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1 5, 2009, to perform within the territory of the United 

2 States an inspection or continuous monitoring activity 

3 consistent with the procedures established in the Protocol. 

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

5 II, paragraph 7 of the Protocol, any privileges and immu6 nities accorded to an official of the Russian Federation 

7 pursuant to section 2 shall be in order to allow such offi8 cial to exercise the official’s functions effectively for the 

9 purpose of performing an inspection or continuous moni10 toring activity consistent with the procedures established 

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

12 official. 

13 (c) DURATION.—Consistent with Article II, para14 graph 7 of the Protocol, any privileges and immunities ac15 corded pursuant to section 2 may be accorded for the en16 tire time the official of the Russian Federation is within 

17 the territory of the United States, and thereafter with re18 spect to acts previously performed in the exercise of the 

19 official functions of such official. 

20 (d) OBLIGATIONS.—Consistent with Article II, para21 graph 7 of the Protocol, an official of the Russian Federa22 tion accorded privileges and immunities under section 2 

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

24 States and without prejudice to such privileges and immu25 nities, be obligated— 


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

2 United States; 

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

4 United States; and 

5 (3) not to engage in any professional or com6 mercial activity for personal profit. 

7 SEC. 4. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY. 

8 The authority provided under section 2 shall termi9 nate on June 5, 2010, or on the date of the entry into 

10 force of an agreement between the United States and the 

11 Russian Federation that supersedes the Protocol, which12 ever occurs earlier. 


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Calendar No. 218 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2727 

[Report No. 111–100] 

A BILL 

To provide for continued application of arrangetermination on December 5, 2009. sive Arms in the period following the Protocol’s the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offen- and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Treaty Between the United States of America Continuous Monitoring Activities Relating to the ments under the Protocol on Inspections and 

NOVEMBER 20, 2009 

Reported without amendment 


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