[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 93 (Thursday, May 27, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3904]
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  SENATE RESOLUTION 251--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE ON FUTURE 
                 INTERNATIONAL ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENTS

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

                              S. Res. 251

       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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