[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2727 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2727

To provide for continued application of arrangements under the Protocol 
  on Inspections and Continuous Monitoring Activities Relating to the 
  Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet 
   Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic 
 Offensive Arms in the period following the Protocol's termination on 
                           December 5, 2009.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 4, 2009

   Mr. Lugar introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for continued application of arrangements under the Protocol 
  on Inspections and Continuous Monitoring Activities Relating to the 
  Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet 
   Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic 
 Offensive Arms in the period following the Protocol's termination on 
                           December 5, 2009.

    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 ``START I Treaty Inspections and 
Monitoring Protocol Continuation Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ACCORD PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES.

    For the purpose of facilitating continued application of the 
arrangements provided for in the Protocol on Inspections and Continuous 
Monitoring Activities Relating to the Treaty Between the United States 
of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduction 
and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed at Moscow July 31, 
1991 (``the Protocol''), in the period following the Protocol's 
termination on December 5, 2009, the President is authorized to accord 
to eligible officials of the Russian Federation the privileges and 
immunities provided for in Article II, paragraph 7 of the Protocol, 
subject to the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 3. CONDITIONS OF PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES.

    (a) Eligibility.--An official of the Russian Federation shall be 
eligible to be accorded privileges and immunities pursuant to section 2 
only if the official has been invited by the United States Government 
after December 5, 2009, to perform within the territory of the United 
States an inspection or continuous monitoring activity consistent with 
the procedures established in the Protocol.
    (b) Limitation on Scope.--Consistent with Article II, paragraph 7 
of the Protocol, any privileges and immunities accorded to an official 
of the Russian Federation pursuant to section 2 shall be in order to 
allow such official to exercise the official's functions effectively 
for the purpose of performing an inspection or continuous monitoring 
activity consistent with the procedures established in the Protocol and 
not for the personal benefit of such official.
    (c) Duration.--Consistent with Article II, paragraph 7 of the 
Protocol, any privileges and immunities accorded pursuant to section 2 
may be accorded for the entire time the official of the Russian 
Federation is within the territory of the United States, and thereafter 
with respect to acts previously performed in the exercise of the 
official functions of such official.
    (d) Obligations.--Consistent with Article II, paragraph 7 of the 
Protocol, an official of the Russian Federation accorded privileges and 
immunities under section 2 shall, for the duration of such official's 
stay in the United States and without prejudice to such privileges and 
immunities, be obligated--
            (1) to respect the laws and regulations of the United 
        States;
            (2) not to interfere in the internal affairs of the United 
        States; and
            (3) not to engage in any professional or commercial 
        activity for personal profit.

SEC. 4. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.

    The authority provided under section 2 shall terminate on June 5, 
2010, or on the date of the entry into force of an agreement between 
the United States and the Russian Federation that supersedes the 
Protocol, whichever occurs earlier.
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