Sec. 1225. Report on non-compliance by the Russian Federation of its obligations under the INF Treaty
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Congress finds that— 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 such behavior poses a threat to the United States, its deployed forces, and its allies. It is the sense of Congress that— the President should hold the Russian Federation accountable for being in material breach of its obligations under the INF Treaty; the President should demand the Russian Federation completely and verifiably eliminate the military systems that constitute the material breach of its obligations under the INF Treaty; the President should seriously consider not engaging in further reductions of United States nuclear forces generally and should seriously consider not engaging in nuclear arms reduction negotiations with the Russian Federation specifically until such complete and verifiable elimination of the military systems has occurred; and 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 INF Treaty if the Russian Federation is still in material breach of the INF Treaty beginning one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an unclassified report that includes the following: The status of the President’s efforts, in cooperation with United States allies, to hold the Russian Federation accountable for being in material breach of its obligations under the INF Treaty and obtain the complete and verifiable elimination of its military systems that constitute the material breach of its obligations under the INF Treaty. The President’s assessment as to whether it remains in the national security interests of the United States to remain a party to the INF Treaty, and other related treaties and agreements, while the Russian Federation is in material breach of its obligations under the INF Treaty. In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the congressional defense committees; the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.