I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1182 
To require certain actions regarding Russian Federation noncompliance with 
the INF Treaty, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 16, 2017 
Mr. ROGERS of Alabama (for himself and Mr. POE of Texas) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 
and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and 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 require certain actions regarding Russian Federation 
noncompliance with the INF Treaty, 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 ‘‘Intermediate-Range 
Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty Preservation Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Select Committee on Intelligence, 
the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(B) the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
the Committee on Armed Services, and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives. 
(2) INF TREATY.—The term ‘‘INF Treaty’’ 
means the Treaty between the United States of 
America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 
on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and 
Shorter-Range Missiles, signed at Washington De-
cember 8, 1987, and entered into force June 1, 
1988. 
(3) INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 
(4) NEW
START
TREATY.—The term ‘‘New 
START Treaty’’ means the Treaty between the 
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United States of America and the Russian Federa-
tion on Measures for the Further Reduction and 
Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed at 
Prague April 8, 2010, and entered into force Feb-
ruary 5, 2011. 
(5) OPEN
SKIES
TREATY.—The term ‘‘Open 
Skies Treaty’’ means the Treaty on Open Skies, 
done at Helsinki March 24, 1992, and entered into 
force January 1, 2002. 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The 2014, 2015, and 2016 Department of 
State reports entitled, ‘‘Adherence to and Compli-
ance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Dis-
armament Agreements and Commitments’’, all stat-
ed that the United States has determined that ‘‘the 
Russian Federation is in violation of its obligations 
under the INF Treaty not to possess, produce, or 
flight-test a ground-launched cruise missile (GLCM) 
with a range capability of 500 km to 5,500 km, or 
to possess or produce launchers of such missiles’’. 
(2) The 2016 report also noted that ‘‘the cruise 
missile developed by Russia meets the INF Treaty 
definition of a ground-launched cruise missile with a 
range capability of 500 km to 5,500 km, and as 
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