A bill to require a report on INF Treaty compliance information sharing.

Bill: 113-s-1924
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2014-01-14
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances

Arms control and nonproliferation

Congressional oversight

Europe

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

International law and treaties

Nuclear weapons

Russia
Latest action: action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-01-14
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Directs the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and the Director of National Intelligence, to report to Congress regarding information and intelligence sharing with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and NATO countries on compliance issues related to 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 (INF Treaty).</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 1924 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 14, 2014 Mr. Risch (for himself, Mr. Rubio , Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Chambliss , Mr. Cornyn , Ms. Ayotte , Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin , Mr. Crapo , Mr. Wicker , Mr. Sessions , Mr. Vitter , Mr. Moran , Mrs. Fischer , Mr. Blunt , Mr. Roberts , Ms. Murkowski , and Mr. Johanns ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To require a report on INF Treaty compliance information sharing.

1. Report on INF Treaty compliance information sharing (a) In general Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on information and intelligence sharing with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and NATO countries on compliance issues related to the INF Treaty. (b) Elements The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following elements: (1) A description of all compliance and consistency issues associated with the INF Treaty, including a listing and assessment of all Ground Launched Russian Federation Systems being designed, tested, or deployed with ranges between 500 kilometers and 5,500 kilometers. (2) An assessment of INF Treaty compliance and consistency information sharing among NATO countries, including— (A) sharing among specific NATO countries and the NATO Secretariat; (B) the date specific information was shared; and (C) the manner in which such information was transmitted. (3) If any information on INF Treaty compliance or consistency was withheld from a specific NATO country or the NATO Secretariat, a justification for why such information was withheld. (c) Updates Not later than 180 days and one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence, shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees updates to the report submitted under subsection (a). (d) Definitions In this section: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 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, DC, December 8, 1987.