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SEC. 1238. PLAN TO RESPOND IN CASE OF RUSSIAN NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE

NEW START TREATY.

(a) In General.–Not later than 30 days after the date of the

enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the congressional

defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of

Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a

report–

(1) describing the options available in response to a failure

by Russia to achieve the reductions required by the New START

Treaty before February 5, 2018; and

(2) including the assessment of the Secretary of Defense

whether such a failure would constitute a material breach of the

New START Treaty, providing grounds for the United States to

withdraw from the treaty.

(b) Options Described.–The report required under subsection (a)

shall specifically describe options to respond to such a failure

relating to the following:

(1) Economic sanctions.

(2) Diplomacy.

(3) Additional deployment of ballistic or cruise missile

defense capabilities, or other United States capabilities that

would offset any potential Russian military advantage from such a

failure.

(4) Redeployment of United States nuclear forces beyond the

levels required by the New START Treaty, and the associated costs

and impacts on United States operations.

(5) Legal countermeasures available under other treaties

between the United States and Russia, including under the Treaty on

Open Skies, done at Helsinki March 24, 1992, and entered into force

January 1, 2002.

(c) New START Treaty.–In this section, 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 Arms, signed at Prague April 8, 2010, and

entered into force February 5, 2011.