SEC. 2. REPORT ON FOREIGN DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRO-
MAGNETIC PULSE WEAPONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report— 
(1) on the research, development, testing, and 
deployment programs of foreign countries relating 
to— 
(A) electromagnetic pulse weapons; 
(B) delivery systems for EMP weapons; 
and 
(C) platforms for carrying EMP weapons 
delivery systems; and 
(2) that identifies each foreign country that is 
pursuing an EMP weapons program, including the 
means of delivery and the platforms, and describes 
the scope of such program. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall include, with respect to each country iden-
tified in subsection (a)(2) the following: 
(1) An estimate of when the EMP weapon pro-
gram began. 
(2) An estimate of the scope of such program. 
(3) A description of the technical characteristics 
of the weapons that are being pursued under such 
program. 
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(4) A description of how far such program has 
advanced. 
(5) A description of any sources of assistance 
with respect to EMP weapons provided to or by such 
country and, in the case of assistance provided by 
such country, a description of to whom such assist-
ance was provided. 
(6) An assessment of how EMP weapons have 
been or are being incorporated into the national se-
curity and military strategies of such country, with 
a specific focus on whether such strategies assume 
that an EMP weapons attack can achieve effects 
similar to a direct nuclear attack, but not be subject 
to the deterrence calculations normally applied to 
nuclear weapons. 
(7) A description of what kind of tests such 
country has conducted with delivery systems, includ-
ing ballistic missiles and satellite launch vehicles, 
that demonstrate the capability to deliver EMP 
weapons. 
(8) An assessment of whether such country is 
conducting research and development on the effects 
of EMP weapons, including whether such country is 
assessing the vulnerabilities of such country to EMP 
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weapons and the ability of such country to survive 
an attack making use of EMP weapons. 
(9) An assessment of whether such country has 
tested an EMP delivery system from a platform (in-
cluding a ship or aircraft) that could serve to expe-
dite the achievement of an active EMP weapons ca-
pability against the United States. 
(10) An assessment of whether such country 
perceives the United States to be particularly vulner-
able to an EMP weapons attack. 
(11) A description of the elements of the re-
search, development, test, and deployment program 
for EMP weapons of such country, if any, that are 
designed as countermeasures to defensive options for 
defeating EMP weapons attacks. 
(c) REFERENCES TO OTHER REPORTS.—The report 
submitted under subsection (a) shall include a copy of any 
other report that is incorporated by reference into the re-
port submitted under subsection (a). 
(d) UNCLASSIFIED SUMMARY.—The report submitted 
under subsection (a) shall include an unclassified sum-
mary of such report. 
(e) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Director of National Intelligence shall 
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submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
the first report required under subsection (a) not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(2) NOTIFICATION OF DELAY IN SUBMISSION.— 
If the Director of National Intelligence determines 
that it will not be possible for the Director to submit 
the report required under subsection (a) by the date 
required under paragraph (1), the Director shall, not 
later than 30 days prior to the expiration of the 
180-day period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a notice— 
(A) that such report will not be submitted 
by the date required under paragraph (1); and 
(B) setting forth the date by which the Di-
rector will submit such report. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence and the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives; and 
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(B) the Select Committee on Intelligence 
and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate. 
(2) DELIVERY
SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘delivery 
system’’ means any means for placing an EMP 
weapon in a location where the explosion of the 
weapon will have an intended damaging impact on 
electrical power systems, electronics, information 
systems, and other infrastructure that depends on 
such systems. 
(3) ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE WEAPON.—The 
terms ‘‘electromagnetic pulse weapon’’ and ‘‘EMP 
weapon’’ mean an explosive weapon that generates 
electromagnetic fields that have a high likelihood of 
damaging electrical power systems, electronics, infor-
mation systems, and other infrastructure that de-
pends on such systems. 
(4) PLATFORM.—The term ‘‘platform’’ means 
any system capable of serving as the launch point of 
an EMP weapon delivery system. 
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