§8929 Report on Non-compliance by the Russian Federation of Its Obligations Under the Inf Treaty

Summary

Congress finds that Russia has broken the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty signed December 8, 1987, which went into force June 1, 1988, and that this behavior is a danger to the United States, U.S. forces, and our allies. Congress also says the President must hold Russia responsible and press it to fully destroy the weapons that violate the treaty and let that destruction be checked. The President must send a report to specific Senate and House committees no later than 90 days after December 18, 2014, and every 90 days after that. Each report must say what the U.S. and its allies have done to make Russia stop violating the treaty and remove the violating systems; whether staying in the INF Treaty (and related agreements) still serves U.S. national security; any Russian deployment of ground-launched ballistic or cruise missiles with ranges of 500 to 5,500 kilometers; and a verification plan from the Secretary of State, working with the Director of National Intelligence and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, showing what sites and people inspectors need to access, how often, and how much verification would cost. Reports must be unclassified but may have a classified annex. The reporting continues while the INF Treaty is in force. The reports go to the Senate Committees on Foreign Relations, Armed Services, and Select Committee on Intelligence, and the House Committees on Foreign Affairs, Armed Services, and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.