Sec. 6. Submission on notice of intent to terminate or withdraw the United States from certain international agreements
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Not less than 120 days before the provision of notice of intent to terminate or withdraw the United States from a covered international agreement, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State, or the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the case of the Constitution of the World Health Organization, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall each submit to the appropriate committees of Congress— a detailed justification for the withdrawal from or termination of the agreement; if the justification described in paragraph
(1)includes that a state party to the agreement is in material breach of one or more obligations under the agreement, a detailed explanation of the steps taken by that state party to return to compliance with such obligations; a certification that— all other state parties to the agreement have been consulted with respect to the justification described in paragraph (1); withdrawal from or termination of the agreement would be in the best national interests of the United States; and all steps taken for withdrawal from or termination of the agreement are in compliance with the agreement; and a comprehensive strategy to mitigate against lost capacity of benefits, including plans for a superseding agreement or potential new bilateral or multilateral confidence-building measures. The submission required by subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. This section shall apply to a decision by the President to not renew the New START Treaty for up to an additional 5 years.