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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 destruc-
tion and related materials in the Middle East and North 
Africa region, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cooperative Threat 
Reduction Modernization Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. STRATEGY TO MODERNIZE COOPERATIVE THREAT 
REDUCTION AND PREVENT THE PROLIFERA-
TION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION 
AND RELATED MATERIALS IN THE MIDDLE 
EAST AND NORTH AFRICA REGION. 
(a) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De-
fense, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the 
Secretary of Energy, shall establish a comprehensive strat-
egy to modernize cooperative threat reduction and advance 
cooperative efforts with international partners to reduce 
the threat from the proliferation of weapons of mass de-
struction and related materials in the Middle East and 
North Africa region. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by subsection 
(a) shall— 
(1) build upon the current activities of the De-
partments of Defense, State, and Energy’s non-
proliferation programs that aim to mitigate the 
range of threats in the Middle East and North Afri-
ca region posed by weapons of mass destruction; 
(2) review issues relating to the threat from the 
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and re-
lated materials in the Middle East and North Africa 
region on a regional basis as well as on a country- 
by-country basis; 
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(3) review the activities and achievements in the 
Middle East and North Africa region of the Depart-
ment of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Pro-
gram and the nonproliferation programs at the De-
partment of State and Department of Energy and 
other United States Government agencies and de-
partments designed to address nuclear, radiological, 
chemical, and biological safety and security issues; 
(4) ensure the continued coordination of cooper-
ative nonproliferation efforts within the United 
States Government and further mobilize and lever-
age additional resources from partner nations, non-
governmental and multilateral organizations, and 
international institutions; 
(5) include an assessment of what countries are 
financially, materially, or technologically supporting 
proliferation in this region and how the strategy will 
prevent, stop or interdict the support; 
(6) include an estimate of associated costs re-
quired to plan and execute the proposed cooperative 
threat reduction activities in order to execute the 
comprehensive strategy to prevent the proliferation 
of weapons of mass destruction and related mate-
rials; and 
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(7) include a discussion of the metrics to meas-
ure the strategy’s and activities’ success in reducing 
the regional threat of the proliferation of weapons of 
mass destruction. 
(c) INTEGRATION AND COORDINATION.—The strat-
egy required by subsection (a) shall include an assessment 
of gaps in current cooperative nonproliferation efforts, an 
articulation of agencies’ threat reduction priorities in the 
Middle East and North Africa region, the establishment 
of appropriate metrics for determining success in the re-
gion, and steps to ensure that the strategy fits in broader 
United States efforts to reduce the threat from weapons 
of mass destruction. 
(d) CONSULTATION.—In establishing the strategy re-
quired by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may 
consult with both governmental and nongovernmental ex-
perts from a diverse set of views. 
(e) STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not 
later than March 31, 2014, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the specified congressional committees the coop-
erative threat reduction modernization strategy required 
by subsection (a), as well as a plan for the implementation 
of the strategy required by subsection (a). 
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(f) FORM.—The strategy required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
(g) SPECIFIED CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘specific congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate. 
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