REPORT ON ELIMINATION OF IMPEDIMENTS TO THREAT-REDUCTION AND NONPROLIFERATION PROGRAMS IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.

SEC. 1304. REPORT ON ELIMINATION OF IMPEDIMENTS TO THREAT-REDUCTION AND NONPROLIFERATION PROGRAMS IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. Not later than November 1, 2006, the President shall submit to Congress a report on impediments to the effective conduct of Cooperative Threat Reduction programs and related threat reduction and nonproliferation programs and activities in the states of the former Soviet Union. The report shall—(1) identify the impediments to the rapid, efficient, and effective conduct of programs and activities of the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the Department of Energy, including issues relating to access to sites, liability, and taxation; and(2) describe the plans of the United States to overcome or ameliorate such impediments, including an identification and discussion of new models and approaches that might be used to develop new relationships with entities in the states of the former Soviet Union capable of assisting in removing or ameliorating those impediments, and any congressional action that may be necessary for that purpose.