,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #agif  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ab1
 #bjag ,ms4 ,warren 7for herself and    
,mr4 ,lee7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations
  ,a ,,bill  ,to require a report on the
 military and security ramifications of 
the new ground-launched cruise missile  
of the ,russian ,federation1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,upholding     
,america's ,nuclear ,commitments ,act of
 #bjag4  #b4 ,report on military and    
security ramifications of ,russia's     
ground-launched cruise missile  7a7     
,report required  7#a7 ,in general ,the 
,secretary of ,defense1 with the        
concurrence of the ,secretary of ,state1
 shall submit to the congressional      
defense committees a report including   
the following elements3  7,a7 ,a        
description of the status of the        
,russian ,federation's new              

ground-launched cruise missile          
7,,ssc-#h71 its capabilities1 and the   
threat it poses to the allies and assets
 of the ,united ,states in ,europe and  
,asia4  7,b7 ,an assessment of whether  
the ,united ,states faces significant   
military disadvantages with the         
introduction of the ,,ssc-#h to the     
,european continent4  7,c7 ,an          
assessment of capability gaps that a new
 ,united ,states ground-launched        
intermediate-range missile with a range 
between #ejj and #e1ejj kilometers would
 address in ,europe and ,asia and       
whether such a missile is the preferred 
military response to ,russian           
,federation violations of the ,,inf     
,treaty4  7,d7 ,the timeline for        
fielding such a ground-launched         
intermediate-range missile1 including   
time for research1 development1 and     
deployment of the system1 and the total 
cost for development and deployment of  
the system4  7,e7 ,an assessment of the 
willingness of countries in ,europe or  

the ,asia-,pacific region to complete   
the legal requirements to host a        
ground-launched intermediate-range      
missile with a range of between #ejj and
 #e1ejj kilometers for counterforce or  
countervailing strike missions against  
the ,russian ,federation and the        
,people's ,republic of ,china4  7,f7 ,an
 assessment of the ,north ,atlantic     
,council's willingness to endorse       
development of a ground-launched        
intermediate-range missile as part of   
the ,north ,atlantic ,treaty            
,organization's collective response to  
the failure of the ,russian ,federation 
to comply with the ,,inf ,treaty4  7,g7 
,a determination of whether the ,united 
,states developing1 producing1 or       
flight-testing a ground-launched        
intermediate-range missile would be     
compliant with the ,,inf ,treaty4  7#b7 
,form ,the report required under        
paragraph 7#a7 shall be submitted in    
unclassified form1 but may include a    
classified annex4  7b7 ,limitation on   

use of funds ,none of the funds         
authorized to be appropriated or        
otherwise made available for fiscal year
 #bjah for a research and development   
program for a dual-capable road-mobile  
ground-launched missile system with a   
maximum range of #e1ejj kilometers may  
be obligated or expended until the      
report required by subsection 7a7 is    
received by the congressional defense   
committees4  7c7 ,definitions ,in this  
section3 7#a7 ,congressional defense    
committees ,the term congressional      
defense committees has the meaning given
 that term in section #aja7;a77#af7 of  
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 
,,inf ,treaty ,the term ,,inf ,treaty   
means the ,treaty between the ,united   
,states of ,america and the ,union of   
,soviet ,socialist ,republics on the    
,elimination of their                   
,intermediate-,range and ,shorter-,range
 ,missiles1 signed at ,washington       
,december #h1 #aihg1 and entered into   
force ,june #a1 #aihh4