I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2348 
To require the Director of National Intelligence to submit a report on the 
foreign development of electromagnetic pulse weapons. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2011 
Mr. LAMBORN (for himself, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. 
ROONEY, and Mr. KLINE) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select) 
A BILL 
To require the Director of National Intelligence to submit 
a report on the foreign development of electromagnetic 
pulse weapons. 
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 ‘‘EMP Weapons Ac-
countability Assessment Act’’. 
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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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