Sec. 1648. NOTIFICATION REGARDING INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES OF CHINA

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## SEC. 1648 NOTIFICATION REGARDING INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES OF CHINA ###

(a)Requirement If the Commander of the United States Strategic Command determines that the number of intercontinental ballistic missiles in the active inventory of China exceeds the number of intercontinental ballistic missiles in the active inventory of the United States, the number of nuclear warheads equipped on such missiles of China exceeds the number of nuclear warheads equipped on such missiles of the United States, or the number of intercontinental ballistic missile launchers in China exceeds the number of intercontinental ballistic missile launchers in the United States, the Commander shall submit to the congressional defense committees— ####

(1)a notification of such determination; ####

(2)an assessment of the composition of the intercontinental ballistic missiles of China, including the types of nuclear warheads equipped on such missiles; and ####

(3)a strategy for deterring China. ###

(b)Form The notification under paragraph

(1)of subsection

(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form, and the assessment and strategy under paragraphs

(2)and

(3)of such subsection may be submitted in classified form. ###

(c)Termination The requirement under subsection

(a)shall terminate on the date that is four years after the date of the enactment of this Act.