US Congress Senate Bill 312 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-31 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Restricts the appropriation of funds for the procurement, flight testing, or deployment of missiles banned by 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 Missiles (INF Treaty). Before such funds may be appropriated, the Department of Defense shall submit a report to Congress that includes (1) a memorandum of understanding from a North Atlantic Treaty Organization or Indo-Pacific ally committing to hosting the deployment of such a missile, (2) confirmation that the United States has not rejected any diplomatic offer to resolve Russia's violation of the INF Treaty, (3) discussion of the ramifications of a collapse of the treaty and of a U.S. withdrawal from the agreement, (4) discussion of the mission requirements with respect to Russia and China that would be met by weapons systems covered by the INF, and (5) discussion of the degree to which INF-compliant weapons can meet such mission requirements.

Prevention of Arms Race Act of 2019

Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]
Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-31	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

HB1231 (Related) 2019-02-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/312/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s312/BILLS-116s312is.pdf