[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2718 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2718

To take the 50 Peacekeeper (MX) missiles off of high-alert status, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 2001

  Mr. Markey (for himself and Mrs. Tauscher) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To take the 50 Peacekeeper (MX) missiles off of high-alert status, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``MX Missile Stand-Down Act''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF WARHEADS FROM PEACEKEEPER MISSILES.

    During fiscal year 2002, the Secretary of Defense shall remove the 
warheads from the 50 Peacekeeper (MX) intercontinental ballistic 
missiles.

SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO LOWER ALERT STATUS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

    Congress urges the Secretary of Defense to take such measures to 
lengthen the time for launch of United States nuclear weapons, in 
addition to the measures required by section 2, as can be accomplished 
consistent with national security.

SEC. 4. REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION.

    The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a preliminary 
report by April 15, 2002, and a final report by November 1, 2002, on 
the implementation of section 2. The reports shall be submitted in an 
unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

SEC. 5. ANNUAL REPORT ON RUSSIAN SYSTEMS.

    Not later than April 15 each year, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to Congress a report describing--
            (1) the inventory of Russian nuclear forces and the alert 
        status of those forces; and
            (2) the condition of Russian early-warning systems.
Each such report shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex.
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