[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 35 (Wednesday, March 5, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3202-S3203]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 250. Mr. DURBIN proposed an amendment to the resolution of 
ratification for Treaty Doc. 107-8, The Treaty Between the United 
States of America and the Russian Federation on Strategic Offensive 
Reductions, Signed at Moscow on May 24, 2002; as follows:

       At the end of section 2, add the following new condition:

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       (3) Compliance Report.--Not later than 60 days after the 
     exchange of instruments of ratification of the Treaty, and 
     annually thereafter on April 15, the President shall submit 
     to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Armed Services of the Senate a report on the compliance of 
     the President with the requirements of condition (a)(8) of 
     the resolution of ratification of the Treaty on Reduction and 
     Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, with Annexes, 
     Protocols, and Memorandum of Understanding, signed at Moscow 
     on July 31, 1991 (START Treaty), which states that ``[in] as 
     much as the prospect of a loss of control of nuclear weapons 
     or fissile material in the former Soviet Union could pose a 
     serious threat to the United States and to international 
     peace and security, in connection with any further agreement 
     reducing strategic offensive arms, the President shall seek 
     an appropriate arrangement, including the use of reciprocal 
     inspections, data exchanges, and other cooperative measures, 
     to monitor (A) the numbers of nuclear stockpile weapons on 
     the territory of the parties to [the START Treaty]; and (B) 
     the location and inventory of facilities on the territory of 
     the parties to [the START Treaty] capable of producing or 
     processing significant quantities of fissile materials''.

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