Sec. 1231. ANNUAL REPORT ON THE NATO PRAGUE CAPABILITIES COMMITMENT AND THE NATO RESPONSE FORCE
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## SEC. 1231 ANNUAL REPORT ON THE NATO PRAGUE CAPABILITIES COMMITMENT AND THE NATO RESPONSE FORCE **[**[22 U.S.C. 1928 note](/us/usc/t22/s1928)**]** ###
(a)Findings Congress makes the following findings: ####
(1)At the meeting of the North Atlantic Council held in Prague in November 2002, the heads of states and governments of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO)launched a Prague Capabilities Commitment and decided to create a NATO Response Force. ####
(2)The Prague Capabilities Commitment is part of the continuing NATO effort to improve and develop new military capabilities for modern warfare in a high-threat environment. As part of this commitment, individual NATO allies have made firm and specific political commitments to improve their capabilities in the areas of— #####
(A)chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense; #####
(B)intelligence, surveillance, and target acquisition; #####
(C)air-to-ground surveillance; #####
(D)command, control, and communications; #####
(E)combat effectiveness, including precision guided munitions and suppression of enemy air defenses; #####
(F)strategic air and sea lift; #####
(G)air-to-air refueling; and #####
(H)deployable combat support and combat service support units. ####
(3)The NATO Response Force is envisioned to be a technologically advanced, flexible, deployable, interoperable, and sustainable force that includes land, sea, and air elements ready to move quickly to wherever needed, as determined by the North Atlantic Council. The NATO Response Force is also intended to be a catalyst for focusing and promoting improvements in NATO's military capabilities. It is expected to have initial operational capability by October 2004, and full operational capability by October 2006. ###
(b)Annual Report ####
(1)Not later than January 31 of each year through 2008, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional committees specified in paragraph
(5)a report, to be prepared in consultation with the Secretary of State, on implementation of the Prague Capabilities Commitment and development of the NATO Response Force by the member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). ####
(2)The annual report under this subsection shall include the following matters: #####
(A)A description of the actions taken by NATO as a whole and by each member nation of NATO other than the United States to further the Prague Capabilities Commitment, including any actions taken to improve capability shortfalls in the areas identified for improvement. #####
(B)A description of the actions taken by NATO as a whole and by each member nation of NATO, including the United States, to create the NATO Response Force. #####
(C)A discussion of the relationship between NATO's efforts to improve capabilities through the Prague Capabilities Commitment and those of the European Union to enhance European capabilities through the European Capabilities Action Plan, including the extent to which they are mutually reinforcing. #####
(D)A discussion of NATO decisionmaking on the implementation of the Prague Capabilities Commitment and the development of the NATO Response Force, including— ######
(i)an assessment of whether the Prague Capabilities Commitment and the NATO Response Force are the sole jurisdiction of the Defense Planning Committee, the North Atlantic Council, or the Military Committee; ######
(ii)a description of the circumstances which led to the defense, military, security, and nuclear decisions of NATO on matters such as the Prague Capabilities Commitment and the NATO Response Force being made in bodies other than the Defense Planning Committee; ######
(iii)a description of the extent to which any member that does not participate in the integrated military structure of NATO contributes to each of the component committees of NATO, including any and all committees relevant to the Prague Capabilities Commitment and the NATO Response Force; ######
(iv)a description of the extent to which any member that does not participate in the integrated military structure of NATO participates in deliberations and decisions of NATO on resource policy, contribution ceilings, infrastructure, force structure, modernization, threat assessments, training, exercises, deployments, and other issues related to the Prague Capabilities Commitment or the NATO Response Force; ######
(v)a description and assessment of the impediments, if any, that would preclude or limit NATO from conducting deliberations and making decisions on matters such as the Prague Capabilities Commitment or the NATO Response Force solely in the Defense Planning Committee; and ######
(vi)the recommendations of the Secretary of Defense on streamlining defense, military, and security decisionmaking within NATO relating to the Prague Capabilities Commitment, the NATO Response Force, and other matters, including an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of the greater utilization of the Defense Planning Committee for such purposes. ####
(3)In the case of a report under this subsection after the first such report, the information submitted in such report under any of clauses
(i)through
(vi)of subparagraph
(D)of paragraph
(2)may consist solely of an update of any information previously submitted under that clause in a preceding report under this subsection. ####
(4)Each report under this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may also be submitted in classified form if necessary. ####
(5)The committees specified in this paragraph are— #####
(A)the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and #####
(B)the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives. # TITLE XIII COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION WITH STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
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ANNUAL REPORT ON THE NATO PRAGUE CAPABILITIES COMMITMENT AND THE NATO RESPONSE FORCE
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