[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3593-S3594]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 588. Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Van Hollen, and 
Mrs. Gillibrand) 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. __. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE REGARDING IMPACT OF A 
                   LAPSE IN INSPECTIONS REGIMES UNDER THE NEW 
                   START TREATY.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
     Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a National Intelligence Estimate, consisting of an 
     unclassified executive summary and judgments and a more 
     detailed, classified report on the Russian Federation's 
     compliance with the New START Treaty and the impact to the 
     intelligence collection capabilities of the United States if 
     the New START Treaty and its related information exchanges 
     and associated inspections regimes were to lapse. The 
     unclassified executive summary shall be released to the 
     public and shall, to the extent practicable, address each of 
     the report elements set forth in subsection (b).
       (b) Report Elements.--The report required under subsection 
     (a) shall include the following elements:
       (1) A description of the Russian Federation's compliance 
     with the New START Treaty.
       (2) An assessment of the Russian Federation's intentions 
     with regard to extending the New START Treaty.
       (3) A description of the intelligence collection benefits 
     gained as a result of the ratification and implementation of 
     the New START Treaty.
       (4) An assessment of what specific capabilities the United 
     States intelligence community would have to develop and 
     deploy to ensure that no loss of collection capability would 
     occur in the event of the lapse of the New START Treaty, 
     including a description of--

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       (A) what intelligence insights, if any, the intelligence 
     community would lose and would not be replaceable if the New 
     START Treaty were to lapse; and
       (B) the measures the intelligence community would need to 
     take to account for any lost capabilities, including the cost 
     to replace any lost capabilities, and the time to replace 
     lost capabilities.
       (5) A cost estimate and estimated timeline for developing 
     these new or additional capabilities, and a description of 
     how new intelligence gathering requirements related to the 
     Russian Federation's nuclear forces may affect other United 
     States intelligence gathering needs.
       (6) An assessment of projections for Russian Federation 
     nuclear and non-nuclear force size, structure, and 
     composition with the New START Treaty limitations in place 
     and without the limitations in place.
       (7) An assessment of Russian Federation actions, 
     intentions, and likely responses to the United States 
     withdrawing from, suspending its obligations under, or 
     allowing to lapse the New START Treaty and subsequently 
     developing platforms and weapons beyond the New START 
     Treaty's limitations.
       (c) Briefings.--The Director of National Intelligence shall 
     brief the appropriate congressional committees on the 
     elements set forth in subsection (a) when the National 
     Intelligence Estimate is submitted.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence, and the Committee on Appropriations 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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