Sec. 1634. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAMS OF CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES
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## SEC. 1634 INDEPENDENT STUDY ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAMS OF CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES ###
(a)Study Not later than March 1, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into a contract with a federally funded research and development center to conduct a study on the nuclear weapons programs of covered foreign countries. ###
(b)Matters Included The study under subsection
(a)shall compile open-source data to conduct an analysis of the following for each covered foreign country: ####
(1)The activities, budgets, and policy documents, regarding the nuclear weapons program. ####
(2)The known research and development activities with respect to nuclear weapons. ####
(3)The inventories of nuclear weapons and delivery vehicles with respect to both deployed and nondeployed weapons. ####
(4)The capabilities of such nuclear weapons and delivery vehicles. ####
(5)The physical sites used for nuclear processing, testing, and weapons integration. ####
(6)The human capital of the scientific and technical workforce involved in nuclear programs, including with respect to matters relating to the education, knowledge, and technical capabilities of that workforce. ####
(7)The known deployment areas for nuclear weapons. ####
(8)Information with respect to the nuclear command and control system. ####
(9)The factors and motivations driving the nuclear weapons program and the nuclear command and control system. ####
(10)Any other information that the federally funded research and development center determines appropriate. ###
(c)Submission to DOD The federally funded research and development center shall submit to the Secretary— ####
(1)not later than March 1, 2022, the study under subsection (a); and ####
(2)not later than March 1, 2023, and March 1, 2024, any updates to the study. ###
(d)Submission to Congress Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary receives under subsection
(c)the study under subsection
(a)or an update to the study, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees the study or update, without change. ###
(e)Public Release The federally funded research and development center shall maintain an internet website on which the center— ####
(1)publishes the study under subsection
(a)by not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary receives the study under subsection (c); and ####
(2)provides on an ongoing basis commentaries, analyses, updates, and other information regarding the nuclear weapons programs of covered foreign countries. ###
(f)Form The study under subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form. ###
(g)Modification to Report on Nuclear Forces of the United States and Near-Peer Countries Section 1676 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 1778) is amended— ####
(1)in subsection (a), by striking “Not later than February 15, 2020, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, shall” and inserting “Not later than February 15, 2020, and each year thereafter through 2023, the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence shall jointly”; and ####
(2)in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: > > #### “(4) > > With respect to the current and planned nuclear systems specified in paragraphs
(1)through (3), the factors and motivations driving the development and deployment of the systems.” > . ###
(h)Definitions In this section: ####
(1)Appropriate congressional committees The term “appropriate congressional committees” means— #####
(A)the congressional defense committees; #####
(B)the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and #####
(C)the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. ####
(2)Covered foreign country The term “covered foreign country” means each of the following: #####
(A)North Korea. #####
(B)The People’s Republic of China. #####
(C)The Russian Federation. #####
(D)To the extent applicable, Iran. ####
(3)Open-source data The term “open-source data” includes data derived from, found in, or related to any of the following: #####
(A)Geospatial information. #####
(B)Seismic sensors. #####
(C)Commercial data. #####
(D)Public government information. #####
(E)Academic journals and conference proceedings. #####
(F)Media reports. #####
(G)Social media.
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INDEPENDENT STUDY ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAMS OF CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES
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