such, all missiles of that type, and all launchers of 
the type used or tested to launch such a missile, are 
prohibited under the provisions of the INF Treaty’’. 
(3) Potential consistency and compliance con-
cerns regarding the INF Treaty noncompliant 
GLCM have existed since 2008, were not officially 
raised with the Russian Federation until 2013, and 
were not briefed to the North Atlantic Treaty Orga-
nization (NATO) until January 2014. 
(4) The United States Government is aware of 
other consistency and compliance concerns regarding 
Russia actions vis-a`-vis its INF Treaty obligations. 
(5) Since 2013, senior United States officials, 
including the President, the Secretary of State, and 
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have 
raised Russian noncompliance with the INF Treaty 
to their counterparts, but no progress has been 
made in bringing the Russian Federation back into 
compliance with the INF Treaty. 
(6) In April 2014, General Breedlove, the Su-
preme Allied Commander Europe, correctly stated, 
‘‘A weapon capability that violates the INF, that is 
introduced into the greater European land mass, is 
absolutely a tool that will have to be dealt with . . . 
It can’t go unanswered.’’. 
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(7) The Department of Defense in its Sep-
tember 2013 report, Report on Conventional Prompt 
Global Strike Options if Exempt from the Restric-
tions of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces 
Treaty Between the United States of America and 
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, stated that 
it has multiple validated military requirement gaps 
due to the prohibitions imposed on the United States 
as a result of its compliance with the INF Treaty. 
(8) It is not in the national security interests 
of the United States to be legally prohibited from 
developing dual-capable ground-launched cruise mis-
siles with ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilometers, 
while Russia makes advances in developing and 
fielding this class of weapon systems. 
(9) A material breach of the INF Treaty by the 
Russian Federation affords the United States the 
right to invoke such breach as grounds for sus-
pending the operation of the treaty in whole or in 
part. 
SEC. 4. COMPLIANCE ENFORCEMENT REGARDING RUSSIAN 
VIOLATIONS OF THE INF TREATY. 
(a) STATEMENT OF UNITED STATES POLICY.—It is 
the policy of the United States as follows: 
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(1) The actions undertaken by the Russian 
Federation in violation of the INF Treaty constitute 
a material breach of the treaty. 
(2) In light of the Russian Federation’s mate-
rial breach of the INF Treaty, the United States is 
legally entitled to suspend the operation of the INF 
Treaty in whole or in part for so long as the Russian 
Federation continues to be in material breach. 
(3) For so long as the Russian Federation re-
mains in noncompliance with the INF Treaty, the 
United States should take actions to encourage the 
Russian Federation return to compliance, including 
by— 
(A) providing additional funds for the ca-
pabilities identified in section 1243(d) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 
1062); 
(B) establishing a program of record pur-
suant to section 5 for a dual-capable road-mo-
bile ground-launched cruise missile system with 
a maximum range of 5,500 kilometers; and 
(C) aggressively seeking additional missile 
defense assets in the European theater to pro-
tect United States and NATO forces from 
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ground-launched missile systems of the Russian 
Federation that are in noncompliance with the 
INF Treaty. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIA-
TIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to any other 
amounts authorized to be appropriated for such pur-
poses, there is authorized to be appropriated 
$500,000,000 for fiscal year 2018 for— 
(A) the development of active defenses to 
counter ground-launched missile systems with 
ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilometers; 
(B) counterforce capabilities to prevent at-
tacks from these missiles; 
(C) facilitating the acquisition and transfer 
to allied countries of missile systems with 
ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilometers; and 
(D) countervailing strike capabilities to en-
hance the capabilities of the United States iden-
tified in section 1243(d) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 
(Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 1062). 
(2) DEVELOPMENT.—Of the amount authorized 
to be appropriated by paragraph (1), $100,000,000 
is authorized to be appropriated for activities under-
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taken to carry out section 5, including with respect 
to research and development activities. 
(3) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts 
otherwise authorized to be appropriated for the Na-
tional Nuclear Security Administration for Defense 
Nuclear Nonproliferation for fiscal year 2018, such 
authorization of amounts is hereby reduced by 
$500,000,000. 
SEC. 5. DEVELOPMENT OF INF RANGE GROUND-LAUNCHED 
MISSILE SYSTEM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF A PROGRAM OF RECORD.— 
The Secretary of Defense shall establish a program of 
record to develop a dual-capable road-mobile ground- 
launched cruise missile system with a range of between 
500 to 5,500 kilometers. The Secretary shall ensure that 
such system is capable of achieving a flight test by not 
later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port on the cost, schedule, and feasibility to modify the 
tomahawk, standard missile-3, standard missile-6, long- 
range standoff cruise missile, and Army tactical missile 
system missiles for ground launch with a range of between 
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