A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the President should hold the Russian Federation accountable for being in material breach of its obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.

Bill: 113-sconres-34
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2014-03-25
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation

International law and treaties

Nuclear weapons

Russia
Latest action: action_date: 2014-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1734)

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-03-25
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should: (1) hold the Russian Federation accountable for being in material breach of its obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty; (2) demand that the Russian Federation eliminate the military systems that constitute such material breach; (3) not engage in further reductions of U.S. nuclear forces and not engage in nuclear arms reduction negotiations with the Russian Federation until such military systems have been eliminated; and (4) consider, in consultation with U.S. allies, whether it is in U.S. national security interests to remain unilaterally a party to the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty if the Russian Federation is still in material breach of it after one year.</p>

tv_txt: III 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. CON. RES. 34 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 25, 2014 Mr. Rubio (for himself, Ms. Ayotte , Mr. Vitter , Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Cornyn , Mr. Walsh , Mr. Wicker , and Mr. Risch ) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should hold the Russian Federation accountable for being in material breach of its obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.

Whereas the Russian Federation is in material breach of its obligations under 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, commonly referred to as the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, signed at Washington December 8, 1987, and entered into force June 1, 1988; and Whereas such behavior poses a threat to the United States, its deployed forces, and its allies: Now, therefore, be it

That it is the sense of Congress that— (1) the President should hold the Russian Federation accountable for being in material breach of its obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty; (2) the President should demand the Russian Federation completely and verifiably eliminate the military systems that constitute the material breach of its obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty; (3) the President should not engage in further reductions of United States nuclear forces generally and should not engage in nuclear arms reduction negotiations with the Russian Federation specifically until such complete and verifiable elimination of the military systems has occurred; and (4) the President, in consultation with United States allies, should consider whether it is in the national security interests of the United States to unilaterally remain a party to the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty if the Russian Federation is still in material breach of such Treaty beginning one year after the date of the adoption of this concurrent resolution.