,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bcad  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #aa1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,fortenberry introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  ,a     
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,defense to establish a strategy to     
prevent the proliferation of weapons of 
mass destruction and related materials  
in the ,middle ,east and ,north ,africa 
region1 and for other purposes4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,cooperative ,threat ,reduction     
,modernization ,act4  #b4 ,strategy to  
modernize cooperative threat reduction  
and prevent the proliferation of weapons
 of mass destruction and related        
materials in the ,middle ,east and      
,north ,africa region  7a7 ,strategy    
required ,the ,secretary of ,defense1 in
 consultation with the ,secretary of    
,state and the ,secretary of ,energy1   
shall establish a comprehensive strategy
 to modernize cooperative threat        

reduction and advance cooperative       
efforts with international partners to  
reduce the threat from the proliferation
 of weapons of mass destruction and     
related materials in the ,middle ,east  
and ,north ,africa region4  7b7         
,elements ,the strategy required by     
subsection 7a7 shall--  7#a7 build upon 
the current activities of the           
,departments of ,defense1 ,state1 and   
,energy's nonproliferation programs that
 aim to mitigate the range of threats in
 the ,middle ,east and ,north ,africa   
region posed by weapons of mass         
destruction2  7#b7 review issues        
relating to the threat from the         
proliferation of weapons of mass        
destruction and related materials in the
 ,middle ,east and ,north ,africa region
 on a regional basis as well as on a    
country-by-country basis2  7#c7 review  
the activities and achievements in the  
,middle ,east and ,north ,africa region 
of the ,department of ,defense          
,cooperative ,threat ,reduction ,program

 and the nonproliferation programs at   
the ,department of ,state and           
,department of ,energy and other ,united
 ,states ,government agencies and       
departments designed to address nuclear1
 radiological1 chemical1 and biological 
safety and security issues2  7#d7 ensure
 the continued coordination of          
cooperative nonproliferation efforts    
within the ,united ,states ,government  
and further mobilize and leverage       
additional resources from partner       
nations1 nongovernmental and            
multilateral organizations1 and         
international institutions2  7#e7       
include an assessment of what countries 
are financially1 materially1 or         
technologically supporting proliferation
 in this region and how the strategy    
will prevent1 stop or interdict the     
support2  7#f7 include an estimate of   
associated costs required to plan and   
execute the proposed cooperative threat 
reduction activities in order to execute
 the comprehensive strategy to prevent  

the proliferation of weapons of mass    
destruction and related materials2 and  
7#g7 include a discussion of the metrics
 to measure the strategy's and          
activities' success in reducing the     
regional threat of the proliferation of 
weapons of mass destruction4  7c7       
,integration and coordination ,the      
strategy required by subsection 7a7     
shall include an assessment of gaps in  
current cooperative nonproliferation    
efforts1 an articulation of agencies'   
threat reduction priorities in the      
,middle ,east and ,north ,africa region1
 the establishment of appropriate       
metrics for determining success in the  
region1 and steps to ensure that the    
strategy fits in broader ,united ,states
 efforts to reduce the threat from      
weapons of mass destruction4  7d7       
,consultation ,in establishing the      
strategy required by subsection 7a71 the
 ,secretary of ,defense may consult with
 both governmental and nongovernmental  
experts from a diverse set of views4    

7e7 ,strategy and implementation plan   
,not later than ,march #ca1 #bjad1 the  
,secretary of ,defense shall submit to  
the specified congressional committees  
the cooperative threat reduction        
modernization strategy required by      
subsection 7a71 as well as a plan for   
the implementation of the strategy      
required by subsection 7a74  7f7 ,form  
,the strategy required by subsection 7a7
 shall be submitted in unclassified     
form1 but may include a classified      
annex4  7g7 ,specified congressional    
committees ,in this section1 the term   
specific congressional committees       
means--  7#a7 the ,committee on ,armed  
,services1 the ,committee on ,foreign   
,affairs1 and the ,committee on         
,appropriations of the ,house of        
,representatives2 and  7#b7 the         
,committee on ,armed ,services1 the     
,committee on ,foreign ,relations1 and  
the ,committee on ,appropriations of the
 ,senate4