Sec. 1665. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR EXTENSION OF NEW START TREATY

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## SEC. 1665 LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR EXTENSION OF NEW START TREATY ###

(a)Limitation None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2017 or any other fiscal year for the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended to extend the New START Treaty unless— ####

(1)the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff submits the report under subsection (b); ####

(2)the Director of National Intelligence submits the National Intelligence Estimate under subsection (c)(2); and ####

(3)a period of 120 days elapses following the submission of both the report and the National Intelligence Estimate. ###

(b)Report The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report detailing the following: ####

(1)The impacts on the nuclear forces and force planning of the United States with respect to a State Party to the New START Treaty developing a capability to conduct a rapid reload of its ballistic missiles. ####

(2)Whether any State Party to the New START Treaty has significantly increased its upload capability with non-deployed nuclear warheads and the degree to which such developments impact crisis stability and the nuclear forces, force planning, use concepts, and deterrent strategy of the United States. ####

(3)The extent to which non-treaty-limited nuclear or strategic conventional systems pose a threat to the United States or the allies of the United States. ####

(4)The extent to which violations of arms control treaty and agreement obligations pose a risk to the national security of the United States and the allies of the United States, including the perpetuation of violations ongoing as of the date of the enactment of this Act, as well as potential further violations. ####

(5)The extent to which— #####

(A)the “escalate-to-deescalate” nuclear use doctrine of the Russian Federation is deterred under the current nuclear force structure, weapons capabilities, and declaratory policy of the United States; and #####

(B)deterring the implementation of such a doctrine has been integrated into the war plans of the United States. ####

(6)The status of the nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons infrastructure, and nuclear command and control modernization activities of the United States, and the impact such status has on plans to— #####

(A)implement the reduction of the nuclear weapons of the United States; or #####

(B)further reduce the numbers and types of such weapons. ####

(7)Whether, and if so, the reasons that, the New START Treaty, and the extension of the treaty as of the date of the report, is in the national security interests of the United States. ###

(c)National Intelligence Estimate ####

(1)Production The Director of National Intelligence shall produce a National Intelligence Estimate on the following: #####

(A)The nuclear forces and doctrine of the Russian Federation. #####

(B)The nuclear weapons research and production capability of Russia. #####

(C)The compliance of Russia with respect to arms control obligations (including treaties, agreements, and other obligations). #####

(D)The doctrine of Russia with respect to targeting adversary critical infrastructure and the relationship between such doctrine and other Russian war planning, including, at a minimum, “escalate-to-deescalate” concepts. ####

(2)Submission The Director of National Intelligence shall submit, consistent with the protection of sources and methods, to the appropriate congressional committees the National Intelligence Estimate produced under paragraph (1). ###

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

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

(A)the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate; #####

(B)the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and #####

(C)the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. ####

(2)The term “New START Treaty” means the Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed on April 8, 2010, and entered into force on February 5, 2011.