Countering Russian Missiles Act of 2017
Latest action · Jun 29, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 29, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Countering Russian Missiles Act of 2017
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to submit annual reports on:
- the status of the Russian Federation's new SSC-8 ground-launched cruise missile, its capabilities, and the threat it poses to the European and Asian allies of the United States and U.S. assets in the region;
- whether the United States faces significant military disadvantages with the introduction of the SSC-8 to the European continent;
- gaps in the current U.S. missile defense infrastructure in Europe;
- gaps in capability that a new U.S. intermediate range missile, that is not compliant with the Treaty between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF Treaty), would address in Europe and Asia; and
- the time line for fielding, and the cost for deployment of, an INF range missile.
The Department of State must submit an annual report that includes a plan: (1) describing how the United States will coordinate with its European allies to enhance missile detection and defense; and (2) recommending additional foreign military sales, financing, or international military education and training for such allies for strengthening missile defense capabilities.
The bill requires specified consultation by the President and Congress regarding Russian Federation compliance with the treaty.
The bill prohibits any funds from being made available or expended for any action that effects U.S. withdrawal from the treaty unless the President certifies that withdrawal is in U.S. vital national security interests.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 29, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Jun 29, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Alliances
- Arms control and nonproliferation
- Asia
- Congressional oversight
- Defense spending
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Europe
- Executive agency funding and structure
- International Affairs
- International law and treaties
- Military assistance, sales, and agreements
- Military education and training
- Military procurement, research, weapons development
- Nuclear weapons
- Russia
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 29, 2017Introduced in Senate
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