Cooperative Threat Reduction Modernization Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to establish a strategy to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and related materials in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Requires such strategy to include: (1) an assessment of gaps in current cooperative nonproliferation efforts, (2) an articulation of agencies' threat reduction priorities in the Middle East and North Africa region, (3) establishment of appropriate metrics for determining success in the region, and (4) steps to ensure that the strategy fits in with broader U.S. efforts to reduce the threat from weapons of mass destruction.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2314 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2314
To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a strategy to prevent
the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and related materials
in the Middle East and North Africa region, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 11, 2013
Mr. Fortenberry introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Foreign Affairs
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A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a strategy to prevent
the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and related materials
in the Middle East and North Africa region, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cooperative Threat Reduction
Modernization Act''.
SEC. 2. STRATEGY TO MODERNIZE COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION AND PREVENT
THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND
RELATED MATERIALS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
REGION.
(a) Strategy Required.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation
with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Energy, shall
establish a comprehensive strategy to modernize cooperative threat
reduction and advance cooperative efforts with international partners
to reduce the threat from the proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction and related materials in the Middle East and North Africa
region.
(b) Elements.--The strategy required by subsection (a) shall--
(1) build upon the current activities of the Departments of
Defense, State, and Energy's nonproliferation programs that aim
to mitigate the range of threats in the Middle East and North
Africa region posed by weapons of mass destruction;
(2) review issues relating to the threat from the
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and related
materials in the Middle East and North Africa region on a
regional basis as well as on a country-by-country basis;
(3) review the activities and achievements in the Middle
East and North Africa region of the Department of Defense
Cooperative Threat Reduction Program and the nonproliferation
programs at the Department of State and Department of Energy
and other United States Government agencies and departments
designed to address nuclear, radiological, chemical, and
biological safety and security issues;
(4) ensure the continued coordination of cooperative
nonproliferation efforts within the United States Government
and further mobilize and leverage additional resources from
partner nations, nongovernmental and multilateral
organizations, and international institutions;
(5) include an assessment of what countries are
financially, materially, or technologically supporting
proliferation in this region and how the strategy will prevent,
stop or interdict the support;
(6) include an estimate of associated costs required to
plan and execute the proposed cooperative threat reduction
activities in order to execute the comprehensive strategy to
prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and
related materials; and
(7) include a discussion of the metrics to measure the
strategy's and activities' success in reducing the regional
threat of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
(c) Integration and Coordination.--The strategy required by
subsection (a) shall include an assessment of gaps in current
cooperative nonproliferation efforts, an articulation of agencies'
threat reduction priorities in the Middle East and North Africa region,
the establishment of appropriate metrics for determining success in the
region, and steps to ensure that the strategy fits in broader United
States efforts to reduce the threat from weapons of mass destruction.
(d) Consultation.--In establishing the strategy required by
subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may consult with both
governmental and nongovernmental experts from a diverse set of views.
(e) Strategy and Implementation Plan.--Not later than March 31,
2014, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the specified
congressional committees the cooperative threat reduction modernization
strategy required by subsection (a), as well as a plan for the
implementation of the strategy required by subsection (a).
(f) Form.--The strategy required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
(g) Specified Congressional Committees.--In this section, the term
``specific congressional committees'' means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
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