NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FY2020
Conference report to Accompany S. 1790

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Report on nuclear forces of the United States and near-peer
countries (sec. 1676)

The Senate bill contained a provision (sec. 1243) that
would require the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the
Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and the Secretary of
State, to submit a report on Russian nuclear systems deployed or
under development not covered by New START, Russian non-deployed
strategic nuclear systems, nuclear modernization programs of
China, and the implications of these assessments on the New
START central limits.

The House amendment contained a similar provision (sec.
1652) that would require the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the DNI, to submit a report to the
congressional defense committees on current and planned nuclear
systems of the United States, Russia, and China, including
projections through 2040.

The Senate recedes with an amendment that would change the
report's deadline to February 15, 2020, and specify the
inclusion of Russian nuclear systems deployed or under
development not covered by New START and Russian non-deployed
strategic nuclear systems.