[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3414]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 336. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. __. UNITED STATES POLICY WITH RESPECT TO THE NEW START 
                   TREATY.

       (a) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United 
     States to extend the New START Treaty an additional five 
     years until February 2026, as is permitted under Article XIV 
     of the Treaty, unless--
       (1) the President determines that the Russian Federation is 
     in material breach of its obligations under the Treaty; or
       (2) the United States and the Russian Federation enter into 
     a new bilateral agreement that places equal or greater 
     verifiable constraints on the Russian Federation's nuclear 
     forces.
       (b) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, with the 
     concurrence of the Director of National Intelligence and the 
     Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate 
     committees of Congress a report on the implementation of the 
     policy stated in subsection (a).
       (2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
     shall include the following elements:
       (A) A description of anticipated changes to the Russian 
     Federation's nuclear force structure in the event the New 
     START Treaty expires in 2021 and how and at what cost the 
     United States would plan to make corresponding changes to its 
     own nuclear force posture.
       (B) A description of how and at what cost the United States 
     plans to replace the New START Treaty's onsite inspections 
     and other verification measures, which provide insight into 
     the size, movement, and disposition of Russian strategic 
     forces.
       (C) An assessment of when new Russian nuclear weapons 
     systems that the United States has notified the Russian 
     Federation may be accountable under the Treaty are 
     anticipated to enter deployment prior to 2026 and in what 
     number.
       (D) An analysis of how the Treaty's expiration in 2021 is 
     likely to impact the willingness of the People's Republic of 
     China to engage in strategic arms control talks as well as 
     what changes it may make to the current posture and size of 
     Chinese nuclear forces.
       (E) An analysis of how a decision to delay the decision to 
     extend the Treaty until 2020 will impact planning by the 
     Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) for United States 
     onsite inspections of the Russian Federation in calendar year 
     2021.
       (F) A description of the views of United States allies in 
     Europe and the Indo-Pacific toward extension of the Treaty, 
     in particular its value in preserving NATO support for the 
     Alliance's nuclear extended deterrence mission.
       (3) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified 
     annex.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
     ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (A) the congressional defense committees;
       (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select 
     Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
       (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) New start treaty.--The term ``New START Treaty'' means 
     the Treaty between the United States of America and the 
     Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and 
     Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed April 8, 2010, 
     and entered into force February 5, 2011.
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