Prevention of Arms Race Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 2/15/2019
Actions
- 2019-02-15Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
- 2019-02-14Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2019-02-14Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2019-02-14Introduced in House
- 2019-02-14Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-02-14 (00)
Prevention of Arms Race Act of 2019
This bill 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.
Cosponsors (9)
- Ted Lieu (D-CA)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- Susan Wild (D-PA)
- Grace Meng (D-NY)
- SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
- Alan Lowenthal (D-CA)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- BOBBY RUSH (D-IL)
Subjects
- Alliances
- Appropriations
- Arms control and nonproliferation
- Asia
- China
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional-executive branch relations
- Defense spending
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Europe
- International law and treaties
- Military procurement, research, weapons development
- Nuclear weapons
- Russia
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