,,ii #aaeth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 #cffb ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,november #bh1 #bjah,mr4 ,cotton introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations ,a ,,bill ,to limit the availability of funds to extend the implementation of the ,new ,,start ,treaty1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,stopping ,russian ,nuclear ,aggression ,act4 #b4 ,limitation on availability of funds to extend the implementation of the ,new ,,start ,treaty 7a7 ,findings ,congress makes the following findings3 7#a7 ,the ,new ,,start ,treaty provides that when a ,party believes that a new kind of strategic offensive arm is emerging1 that ,party shall have the right to raise the question of such a strategic offensive arm for consideration in the ,bilateral ,consultative ,commission4 7#b7 ,russian ,federation ,president ,vladimir ,putin stated in a ,march #a1 #bjah1 public speech that-- 7,a7 ,i will speak about the newest systems of ,russian strategic weapons that we are creating ''' we have embarked on the development of the next generation of missiles42 7,b7 ,we started to develop new types of strategic arms that do not use ballistic trajectories at all when moving toward a target42 7,c7 ,one of them is a small-scale heavy-duty nuclear energy unit that can be installed in a missile like our latest ,x-#aja air-launched missile ''' 4 ,in late #bjag1 ,russia successfully launched its latest nuclear-powered missile at the central training ground4 ,during its flight1 the nuclear-powered engine reached its design capacity and provided the necessary propulsion42 7,d7 in ,december #bjag1 an innovative nuclear power unit for this unmanned underwater vehicle completed a test cycle that lasted many years ''' the tests that were conducted enabled us to begin developing a new type of strategic weapon that would carry massive nuclear ordnance2 7,e7 by the way1 we have yet to choose names for these two new strategic weapons1 the global range cruise missile and the unmanned underwater vehicle4 ,we are waiting for suggestions from the ,defense ,ministry2 7,f7 ,a real technological breakthrough is the development of a strategic missile system with fundamentally new combat equipment--a gliding wing unit1 which has also been successfully tested ''' we called it the ,avangard2 and 7,g7 ,i want to specifically emphasize that the newly developed strategic arms--in fact1 new types of strategic weapons--are not the result of something left over from the ,soviet ,union4 ,of course1 we relied on some ideas from our ingenious predecessors4 ,but everything ,i have described today is the result of the last several years1 the product of dozens of research organizations1 design bureaus and institute44 7#c7 ,during the ,house ,armed ,services ,committee hearing on ,april #ab1 #bjah1 ,secretary of ,defense ,james ,mattis was asked whether ,russia should honor the terms of the treaty and limit its new strategic offensive arms under the ,new ,,start ,treaty as it requires and he stated1 ,sir1 ,i believe they should44 7#d7 ,at a ,senate ,foreign ,relations ,committee ,hearing on ,september #ah1 #bjah1 ,under ,secretary of ,state for ,arms ,control and ,international ,security ,andrea ,thompson stated1 ,the value of any arms control agreement is derived from our treaty partners maintaining compliance with their obligations and avoiding actions that result in mistrust and the potential for miscalculation4 ,russia continues to violate a series of arms control obligations that undermine the trust the ,united ,states can place in treaties44 7#e7 ,at a ,senate ,foreign ,relations ,committee ,hearing on ,september #ah1 #bjah1 ,deputy ,undersecretary of ,defense for ,policy ,david ,trachtenberg stated that-- 7,a7 ,the bottom line is that arms control with ,russia is troubled because the ,russian ,federation apparently believes it need only abide by the agreements that suit it4 ,as a result1 the credibility of all international agreements with ,russia is at risk2 and 7,b7 ,any decision on extending the treaty will1 and should be1 based on a realistic assessment of whether the ,new ,,start treaty remains in our national security interests in light of overall ,russian arms control behavior4 7b7 ,limitation ,notwithstanding any other provision of law1 no funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year #bjai or any subsequent fiscal year may be obligated or expended to extend the implementation of the ,new ,,start ,treaty beyond the current expiration date in #bjba unless the ,president certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that-- 7#a7 extending the ,new ,,start ,treaty is in the national security interest of the ,united ,states2 and 7#b7 the ,russian ,federation has-- 7,a7 agreed to include all covered ,russian systems under the limits set by the ,new ,,start ,treaty2 and 7,b7 in accordance with paragraph 7a77#ab7 of the resolution advising and consenting to the ratification of the ,new ,,start ,treaty1 adopted in the ,senate on ,december #bb1 #bjaj 7,treaty ,document #aaa-e71 entered into an agreement with the ,united ,states to address the disparity between the nonstrategic 7tactical7 nuclear weapons stockpiles of the ,russian ,federation and of the ,united ,states by securing and reducing in a verifiable manner ,russian tactical nuclear weapons4 7c7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,appropriate congressional committees ,the term appropriate congressional committees means-- 7,a7 the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations and the ,committee on ,armed ,services of the ,senate2 and 7,b7 the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs and the ,committee on ,armed ,services of the ,house of ,representatives4 7#b7 ,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 ,arms1 signed at ,prague1 ,april #h1 #bjaj1 and entered into force ,february #e1 #bjaa4 7#c7 ,covered ,russian systems ,the term covered ,russian systems means the following systems3 7,a7 ,the heavy intercontinental missile system known as ,sarmat1 or otherwise identified4 7,b7 ,an air-launched nuclear-powered cruise missile known as ,x-#aja1 or otherwise identified4 7,c7 ,an unmanned underwater vehicle known as ,status #f1 or otherwise identified4 7,d7 ,the long-distance guided flight hypersonic weapons system known by ,avangard1 or otherwise identified4