SENSE OF CONGRESS ON STRATEGIC NUCLEAR FORCE REDUCTIONS.

SEC. 1079. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON STRATEGIC NUCLEAR FORCE REDUCTIONS. It is the sense of Congress that no action should be taken to implement the reduction of the strategic nuclear forces of the United States below the levels described in the Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms signed on April 8, 2010 (commonly known as the “New START 124 STAT. 4381 Treaty”), unless the President submits to the congressional defense committees a report on such reduction, including—(1) the justification for such reduction;(2) an assessment of the strategic environment, threat, and policy and the technical and operational implications of such reduction; and(3) written certification by the President that—(A) either—(i) the strategic environment or the assessment of the threat allows for such reduction; or(ii) technical measures to provide a commensurate or better level of safety, security, and reliability as before such reduction have been implemented for the remaining strategic nuclear forces of the United States;(B) the remaining strategic nuclear forces of the United States provide a sufficient means of protection against unforeseen technical challenges and geopolitical events;(C) such reduction is compensated by other measures (such as nuclear modernization, conventional forces, and missile defense) that together provide a commensurate or better deterrence capability and level of credibility as before such reduction; and(D) measures to modernize the nuclear weapons complex are being implemented (or have been implemented) to provide a sufficiently responsive infrastructure to support the remaining strategic nuclear forces of the United States.