Sec. 1247. Report on the New START Treaty

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Congress makes the following findings: There have been significant changes in the geopolitical environment during 2014, including developments that pose a challenge to the national security interests of the United States. The July 2014 Department of State annual report on Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments stated that The United States has determined that the Russian Federation is in violation of its obligations under the INF Treaty not to possess, produce, or flight-test a ground-launched cruise missile

(GLCM)with a range capability of 500km to 5,500km, or to possess or produce launchers of such missiles. . The July 2014 Department of State Annual Report on Implementation of the New START Treaty stated that Based on the information available as of December 31, 2013, the United States certifies the Russian Federation to be in compliance with the terms of the New START Treaty. . Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report stating the reasons continued implementation of the New START Treaty is in the national security interests of the United States. In this section: The term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. 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, commonly referred to as the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces

(INF)Treaty, signed at Washington December 8, 1987, and entered into force June 1, 1988. The term New START Treaty means the Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed on April 8, 2010, and entered into force on February 5, 2011.