3.0.0 3007 2023-01-11T13:32:52Z 2023-01-11T13:32:52Z Senate S 2016-05-26 114 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-05-26T19:03:03Z 2016-05-26 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2016-05-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR N S001197 Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE] Ben Sasse R NE 2016-05-26 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2016-05-26 True R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2016-05-26 True B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2016-05-26 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2016-05-26 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2016-06-06 False B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2016-06-08 False C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2016-06-22 False International Affairs Arms control and nonproliferation Congressional oversight Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information International law and treaties Russia International Affairs 00 2016-05-26 Introduced in Senate 2016-08-30T20:16:24Z Open Skies Treaty Compliance Assurance Act

This bill prohibits funds from being obligated or expended to aid the certification or approval of any new sensor, including to carry out an initial or exhibition observation flight of an observation aircraft, for use by the Russian Federation on observation flights under the Treaty on Open Skies unless the President certifies to Congress that:

  • the new sensor's capabilities do not exceed capabilities imposed by the treaty and safeguards are in place to prevent the sensor or any information obtained from being used in any way not permitted by the treaty;
  • mitigation measures are in place regarding collection by such sensor of high-value U.S. assets and critical infrastructure;
  • each covered state party has been briefed on intelligence concerns regarding upgraded sensors used under the treaty, Russian Federation war fighting doctrine, and related intelligence collection; and
  • the Russian Federation is in compliance with all of its treaty obligations, including the obligation to permit properly notified covered state party observation flights over all of Moscow, Chechnya, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Kaliningrad.

Certification is required for each sensor and platform for which the Russian Federation has requested approval under the treaty.

The President may waive the requirement of Russian compliance with treaty obligations by certifying that sensor certification or approval is in U.S. national security interests. Such certification must include the date such compliance is expected and a description of U.S. efforts to achieve it.

"Covered state party" means a foreign country that is a state party to the treaty and a U.S. ally.

]]> Open Skies Treaty Compliance Assurance Act Display Title Open Skies Treaty Compliance Assurance Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit funds from being obligated or expended to aid, support, permit, or facilitate the certification or approval of any new sensor for use by the Russian Federation on observation flights under the Open Skies Treaty unless the President submits a certification related to such sensor to Congress and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Open Skies Treaty Compliance Assurance Act Introduced in Senate 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3007is/xml/BILLS-114s3007is.xml 2016-05-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.