Sec. 1667. REPORT ON IMPACTS OF NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION

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## SEC. 1667 REPORT ON IMPACTS OF NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION ###

(a)Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— ####

(1)nuclear proliferation continues to be a serious threat to the security of the United States; ####

(2)it is critical for the United States to understand the impacts of nuclear proliferation and ensure the necessary policies and resources are in place to prevent the proliferation of nuclear materials and weapons; ####

(3)effectively addressing the danger of states and non-state actors acquiring nuclear weapons or nuclear-weapons-usable material should be a clear priority for United States national security; and ####

(4)Secretary of Defense James Mattis testified before Congress on June 12, 2017, that “nuclear nonproliferation has not received enough attention over quite a few years”. ###

(b)Report Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing— ####

(1)a description of the impacts of nuclear proliferation on the security of the United States; ####

(2)a description of how the Department of Defense is contributing to the current strategy to respond to the threat of nuclear proliferation, and what resources are being applied to this effort, including whether there are any funding gaps; and ####

(3)if and how nuclear proliferation is being addressed in the Nuclear Posture Review and other pertinent strategy reviews.