Sec. 1243. DETERMINATION REQUIRED REGARDING MATERIAL BREACH OF INF TREATY BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

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## SEC. 1243 DETERMINATION REQUIRED REGARDING MATERIAL BREACH OF INF TREATY BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ###

(a)Determination Required Not later than January 15, 2019, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a determination whether— ####

(1)the Russian Federation is in material breach of its obligations under the INF Treaty; and ####

(2)the prohibitions set forth in Article VI of the INF Treaty remain binding on the United States as a matter of United States law. ###

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

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

(A)the congressional defense committees; and #####

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

(2)INF treaty 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.