US Congress House Bill 3694 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: Introduced on September 7 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-09-07 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Pending: House Foreign Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Future of the Nunn-Lugar Program Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to: (1) seek to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center to assess requirements for cooperative threat reduction, and (2) provide such center with access to necessary information and resources. The center shall provide DOD with an interim and a final report that shall include: (1) a discussion of the requirements and capabilities necessary for reducing the threats of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons; (2) identification of capability gaps for cooperative threat reduction efforts; (3) recommendations for actions to modernize the DOD's Cooperative Threat Reduction Program; and (4) recommendations to modernize the command and control enterprise and the role of the Director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, with respect to foreign countries, is intended to facilitate the elimination and the safe and secure transportation and storage of nuclear, chemical, biological, or other weapons and prevent their proliferation.

Future of the Nunn-Lugar Program Act of 2017

Rep. Jim Banks [R-IN]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]
Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-09-07	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2017-09-07	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3694/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr3694/BILLS-115hr3694ih.pdf