Sec. 1238. REPORTS ON INF TREATY AND OPEN SKIES TREATY

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## SEC. 1238 REPORTS ON INF TREATY AND OPEN SKIES TREATY ###

(a)Reports Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees the following reports: ####

(1)A report on the Open Skies Treaty containing— #####

(A)an assessment, conducted by the Chairman jointly with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State, of whether and why the Treaty remains in the national security interest of the United States, including if there are compliance concerns related to implementation of the Treaty by the Russian Federation; #####

(B)a specific plan by the Chairman jointly with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State on remedying any such compliance concerns; and #####

(C)a military assessment conducted by the Chairman of such compliance concerns. ####

(2)A report on the INF Treaty containing— #####

(A)an assessment, conducted by the Chairman jointly with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State, of whether and why the Treaty remains in the national security interest of the United States, including how any ongoing violations bear on the assessment if such a violation is not resolved in the near-term; #####

(B)a specific plan by the Chairman jointly with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State to remedy violation of the Treaty by the Russian Federation, and a judgment of whether the Russian Federation intends to take the steps required to establish verifiable evidence that the Russian Federation has resumed its compliance with the Treaty if such non-compliance and inconsistencies are not resolved by the date of the enactment of this Act; and #####

(C)a military assessment conducted by the Chairman of the risks posed by violation of the Treaty by the Russian Federation. ###

(b)Update Not later than February 15, 2018, the Chairman, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees an update to each report under subsection (a). ###

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

(1)The term “appropriate congressional committees” means— #####

(A)the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and #####

(B)the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. ####

(2)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. ####

(3)The term “Open Skies Treaty” means the Treaty on Open Skies, done at Helsinki March 24, 1992, and entered into force January 1, 2002. ## Subtitle E Reform of Department of Defense Security Cooperation