Sec. 1249. Reports on actions to reduce support of ballistic missile programs of China, Syria, Iran, and North Korea

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The President shall seek to encourage the Government of the Russian Federation to disclose any support by the Russian Federation or Russian entities for the ballistic missile programs of the People’s Republic of China, Syria, Iran, or North Korea. The President shall submit to the congressional defense committees a semi-annual report on any disclosure by the Government of the Russian Federation of any such support during the preceding six-month period. The initial report required by paragraph

(2)shall be submitted not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and in addition to addressing any such support during the preceding six-month period shall also address any such support during the 10-year period ending on the date of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall develop a plan to seek and secure the cooperation of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China to verifiably reduce the spread of technology and expertise that supports the ballistic missile programs of the Syria, Iran, North Korea, or any other country that the Secretary of State determines has a ballistic missile program. The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act a report describing the plan required in paragraph

(1)and provide briefings to such committees annually thereafter until 2018 on the progress and results of these efforts. In this subsection, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the congressional defense committees; the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. Each report required by this section shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex, if necessary.