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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5293 
To address non-compliance by the Russian Federation of its obligations under 
the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2014 
Mr. ROGERS of Alabama (for himself, Mr. FORBES, and Mr. TURNER) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services and Over-
sight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To address non-compliance by the Russian Federation of 
its obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear 
Forces (INF) Treaty. 
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 ‘‘Consequences for Rus-
sia’s Arms Control Violations Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) A public report in the New York Times on 
January 29, 2014, revealed that the Russian Fed-
eration is no longer in compliance with the Treaty 
Between the United States of America and the 
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimi-
nation of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter- 
Range Missiles, commonly referred to as the Inter-
mediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, signed 
at Washington December 8, 1987, and entered into 
force June 1, 1988. 
(2) On April 29, 2014, Acting Assistant Sec-
retary of State for Arms Control, Verification and 
Compliance Anita E. Friedt stated in testimony be-
fore the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives that, ‘‘[w]e have concerns about 
Russian compliance with the INF Treaty. We have 
raised them with Russia and are pressing for clear 
answers in an effort to resolve our concerns because 
of the importance of the INF Treaty to Euro-Atlan-
tic security. We’ve briefed our NATO allies on our 
concerns and will continue to coordinate with them 
on this and other matters that affect our common 
security. We have been keeping Congress informed 
on this matter through briefings with relevant con-
gressional committees and will continue to do so. We 
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will continue to work with Russia to resolve our con-
cerns, and to encourage mutual steps to help foster 
a more stable, resilient, transparent security rela-
tionship. We’re not going to drop the issue until our 
concerns have been addressed.’’. 
(3) On March 5, 2014, the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Missile De-
fense Policy, Ms. Elaine Bunn said to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the Senate, ‘‘[W]e are 
concerned about Russian activity that appears to be 
inconsistent with the Intermediate Range Nuclear 
Forces Treaty. We’ve raised the issue with Russia. 
They provided an answer that was not satisfactory 
to us, and we will, we told them that the issue is not 
closed, and we will continue to raise this.’’. 
(4) On April 2, 2014, the Commander, U.S. 
European Command, and Supreme Allied Com-
mander Europe, General Breedlove, stated that, ‘‘A 
weapon capability that violates the INF, that is in-
troduced into the greater European land mass is ab-
solutely a tool that will have to be dealt with . . . 
I would not judge how the alliance will choose to 
react, but I would say they will have to consider 
what to do about it . . . It can’t go unanswered.’’. 
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