[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 251 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 251

Expressing the sense of the Senate on future international arms control 
                              agreements.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 27, 2021

 Mr. Daines submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Senate on future international arms control 
                              agreements.

Whereas the United States and the former Soviet Union signed the Intermediate-
        Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (commonly referred to as the ``INF 
        Treaty''), which entered into force on June 1, 1988, for the purposes of 
        strengthening international peace and security and avoiding the 
        devastating consequences of nuclear war;
Whereas the INF Treaty required the United States and the former Soviet Union, 
        the 2 dominant world powers at the time, to eliminate their ground-
        launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges of between 500 and 
        5,500 kilometers (between 300 and 3,400 miles) by an implementation 
        deadline of June 1, 1991;
Whereas, by that deadline, both countries destroyed a total of 2,692 short- and 
        intermediate-range missiles, with the former Soviet Union destroying 
        1,846 such missiles and the United States destroying 846 such missiles;
Whereas the United States upheld the terms of the INF Treaty for more than 3 
        decades;
Whereas the Russian Federation violated the terms of the INF Treaty by 
        developing, producing, and testing the SSC-8/9M729, a ground-launched 
        cruise missile (GLCM) with a range of 2,500 kilometers;
Whereas, in December 2019, the United States withdrew from the INF Treaty upon 
        finding the Russian Federation in material breach of the treaty, with 
        the North Atlantic Treaty Organization concurring in the finding; and
Whereas, during the period in which the INF Treaty was in effect, the People's 
        Republic of China developed, produced, and tested an arsenal of an 
        estimated 200 intermediate-range, 150 medium-range, 250 short-range, and 
        54 ground-launched ballistic missiles: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that any international 
arms control agreement entered into by the United States that limits 
the number of allowable nuclear-capable missiles must--
            (1) be subject to the advice and consent of the Senate; and
            (2) include the Russian Federation and the People's 
        Republic of China.
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