Sec. 1228. Plan to reduce Russian Federation nuclear force dependencies on Ukraine

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Congress finds the following: The Russian Federation relies on the Ukrainian defense industry for certain elements of its land-based nuclear ballistic missile force, the Russian Strategic Rocket Force. Press reports indicate that Ukraine’s Yuzhnoye Design Bureau played a prominent role during the Soviet era in producing heavy silo-based Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. These land-based missiles include the RS–20 ICBM, known by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Designator, SATAN.

This missile has been reported to be deployed with as many as 10 independently targetable nuclear reentry vehicles. In a press conference on May 13, 2014, Russian Federation Deputy Prime Minster Dmitry Rogozin stated that his country would discontinue the sale of Russia-made rocket engines to the United States if they will be used for military purposes. It is the sense of Congress that the United States Government should promptly enter into discussions with the Government of Ukraine to ensure a halt to the activities of the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau and any other Ukrainian industry that supports the military or military industrial base of the Russian Federation while Russia is violating its commitments under the Budapest Memorandum, illegally occupying Ukrainian territory and supporting groups that are inciting violence and fomenting secessionist movements in Ukraine.

Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in conjunction with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan on how the United States Government intends to work with the Government of Ukraine to accomplish the goals expressed in subsection

(b)and any recommendations it has for how the United States and its allies could benefit from the capability of the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau.