3.0.0 1285 2022-02-08T23:21:43Z 2022-02-08T23:21:43Z Senate S 2019-05-02 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-05-02T16:20:48Z 2019-05-02 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2019-05-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. N G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-05-02 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2019-05-02 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2019-05-02 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2019-05-02 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2019-05-06 False International Affairs Alliances Arms control and nonproliferation Asia China Congressional oversight Defense spending Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Europe Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information International law and treaties Nuclear weapons Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Russia United Nations International Affairs 00 2019-05-02 Introduced in Senate 2020-02-29T22:43:32Z Save Arms control and Verification Efforts Act of 2019 or SAVE Act

This bill requires reports related to extension of the Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START Treaty) and prohibits increases in the number of certain U.S. weapons should the treaty lapse.

The following reports to Congress shall be required if the parties to the treaty do not finalize a treaty extension:

  • separate reports from the President, the Department of Defense, and the Department of State justifying why the treaty has not been extended and certifying that it is in national security interests to not extend; and
  • an assessment by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence of why the treaty has not been extended, including a certification that the United States will not lose intelligence into Russia's nuclear program.

The bill also requires reports to Congress on the effect of a treaty lapse on U.S. intelligence-collection capabilities, the structure of the Armed Forces, U.S. nuclear weapons programs, and foreign relations. The President shall report to Congress on the progress of treaty-related discussions with Russia and a strategy for future strategic arms control agreements with Russia.

The bill prohibits increasing the number of various U.S. weapons (such as deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles) above specified thresholds if the treaty lapses or if the President takes certain actions to withdraw from or suspend the treaty, unless the President certifies that Russia has made certain militarily significant increases to its weapons stockpiles.

]]> SAVE Act Display Title SAVE Act Short Title(s) as Introduced SAVE Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Save Arms control and Verification Efforts Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require certifications and reporting in an unclassified form related to the national security implications of the New START Treaty, to provide for arms limitations in the event of the treaty's non-renewal, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1285is/xml/BILLS-116s1285is.xml 2019-05-02 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.