REPORT ON RUSSIAN NUCLEAR FORCES.

SEC. 1240. REPORT ON RUSSIAN NUCLEAR FORCES. (a) Report.—Not later than March 1, 2012, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the nuclear forces of the Russian Federation and the New START Treaty. (b) Matters Included.—The report under section (a) shall include an assessment of the following: (1) The assessed number of nuclear forces by category of nuclear warheads and delivery vehicles relative to New START levels by 2017 and by 2022, including potential shifts of such numbers during such periods. (2) Options with respect to the size and composition of Russian nuclear forces that Russia is considering, including decreases below the New START levels and plans for maintaining New START levels, including options related to developing and deploying a new heavy intercontinental ballistic missile and multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle capability. (3) Factors that are likely to influence the number and composition of Russian nuclear forces. (4) Effects of shifts in the number and composition of Russian nuclear forces on strategic stability. (c) Form.—The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include classified annex. (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.—In this section: (1) Appropriate congressional committees.—The term “appropriate congressional committees” means— (A) the congressional defense committees; (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and (C) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. (2) New start treaty.—The term “New START Treaty” means 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.