[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5840 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5840

 To state the policy of the United States with respect to the extended 
nuclear deterrence posture of the United States in support of NATO and 
 to direct the Secretary of Defense to provide Congress a briefing on 
                             such posture.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 2018

 Mr. Bilirakis (for himself and Mr. Sarbanes) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in 
   addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To state the policy of the United States with respect to the extended 
nuclear deterrence posture of the United States in support of NATO and 
 to direct the Secretary of Defense to provide Congress a briefing on 
                             such posture.

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

SECTION 1. EXTENDED NUCLEAR DETERRENCE POSTURE IN SUPPORT OF NATO.

    (a) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United States 
to--
            (1) maintain a modernized nuclear capability that provides 
        for effective deterrence against peer, near-peer, and regional 
        adversaries, consistent with the national security interests of 
        the United States;
            (2) extend the nuclear deterrent of the United States to 
        deter aggression against close allies of the United States, 
        including members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
        (NATO); and
            (3) ensure the highest levels of reliability, credibility, 
        safety, and security for all nuclear weapons of the United 
        States, including those forward-deployed in support of NATO.
    (b) Briefing.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, and to any other congressional defense committee (as defined in 
section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code) upon request, a 
briefing regarding the current status of, and future plans for, the 
extended nuclear deterrence posture of the United States in support of 
NATO.
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