Sec. 1649. NOTIFICATION AND REPORT CONCERNING REMOVAL OR CONSOLIDATION OF DUAL-CAPABLE AIRCRAFT FROM EUROPE

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## SEC. 1649 NOTIFICATION AND REPORT CONCERNING REMOVAL OR CONSOLIDATION OF DUAL-CAPABLE AIRCRAFT FROM EUROPE ###

(a)Notification and Report Not later than 90 days before the date on which the Secretary of Defense removes or consolidates dual-capable aircraft of the United States from the area of responsibility of the United States European Command, the Secretary shall notify the congressional defense committees of such proposed removal or consolidation. Such notification shall include a report explaining— ####

(1)how such removal or consolidation is in the national security interests of the United States and the allies of the United States, including the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Alliance; and ####

(2)whether, and in what respects, such proposed removal or consolidation is affected by— #####

(A)the armed forces of the Russian Federation continuing to illegally occupy Ukrainian territory; #####

(B)the Russian Federation deploying or preparing to deploy its nuclear weapons to Ukrainian territory; #####

(C)the Russian Federation not complying with the INF Treaty and other treaties and agreements to which it is a party; and #####

(D)the Russian Federation not complying with the CFE Treaty and not lifting its suspension of Russian observance of its treaty obligations. ###

(b)Definitions In this section: ####

(1)The term “CFE Treaty” means the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, signed at Paris, November 19, 1990, and entered into force July 17, 1992. ####

(2)The “dual-capable aircraft” means tactical fighter aircraft that can perform both conventional and nuclear missions. ####

(3)The term “INF Treaty” means 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.