Sec. 1242. Notifications of deployment of nuclear weapons by Russian Federation to territory of Ukrainian Republic
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The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees quarterly notifications on the status of the Russian Federation conducting exercises with, planning or preparing to deploy, or deploying covered weapons systems onto the territory of the Ukranian Republic. Not later than seven days after the Secretary determines that there is reasonable grounds to believe that the Russian Federation has deployed covered weapons systems onto the territory of the Ukranian Republic, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a notification of such determination. A notification required under paragraph
(1)or
(2)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex if necessary. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall develop a strategy to respond to the military threat posed by the Russian Federation deploying covered weapons systems onto the territory of the Ukranian Republic, including opportunities for allied cooperation in developing such responses based on consultation with such allies. Not later than June 30, 2016, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall submit to the congressional defense committees the following: The strategy developed under paragraph (1). The views of the Secretary of Defense with respect to the strategy developed under paragraph (1), if any. In this section: The term appropriate congressional committees means— the congressional defense committees; and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. The term covered weapons systems means weapons systems that can perform both conventional and nuclear missions, nuclear weapon delivery systems, and nuclear warheads. The provisions of this section shall not be in effect on and after the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.