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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 5226 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Secretary of Defense to enter into an agreement with a univer- |
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| 6 | 6 | | sity affiliated research center to conduct research and analysis on |
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| 7 | 7 | | multipolar deterrence and escalation dynamics. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | AUGUST18, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | ACONintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 12 | 12 | | on Armed Services |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To direct the Secretary of Defense to enter into an agree- |
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| 15 | 15 | | ment with a university affiliated research center to con- |
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| 16 | 16 | | duct research and analysis on multipolar deterrence and |
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| 17 | 17 | | escalation dynamics. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Multipolar Deterrence 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Research and Analysis Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS ON MULTIPOLAR DETER-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | RENCE AND ESCALATION DYNAMICS. 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) I |
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| 29 | 29 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | shall seek to enter into an agreement with a university 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | affiliated research center with expertise in strategic deter-6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | rence to conduct research and analysis on multipolar de-7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | terrence and escalation dynamics. 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) E |
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| 36 | 36 | | LEMENTS.—The research and analysis con-9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ducted under subsection (a) shall include assessment of 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | the following: 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (1) Implications for strategic deterrence and al-12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | lied assurance given the emergence of a second near- 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | peer nuclear power. 14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (2) Potential alternative conventional, strategic, 15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | and nuclear force structures to optimize deterrence 16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | of two near- peer nuclear powers. 17 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (3) The contribution made by countervailing 18 |
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| 46 | 46 | | nonstrategic capabilities to strategic deterrence. 19 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (4) Escalation patterns arising from Russia’s 20 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Strategic Operations to Destroy Critically Important 21 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Targets operational concept and response options for 22 |
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| 50 | 50 | | the United States. 23 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (5) Multilateral efforts that could contribute to 24 |
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| 52 | 52 | | multipolar strategic deterrence and escalation dy-25 |
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| 53 | 53 | | namics. 26 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (6) Capabilities and operations sufficient to as-1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | sure European and Pacific allies. 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (c) R |
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| 60 | 60 | | EPORTREQUIRED.— 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (1) I |
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| 62 | 62 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | congressional defense committees a report that in-6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | cludes the results of the research and analysis con-7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ducted under subsection (a). 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (2) F |
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| 68 | 68 | | ORM.—The report under paragraph (1) 9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | clude a classified annex. 11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (d) C |
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| 72 | 72 | | ONGRESSIONAL DEFENSECOMMITTEESDE-12 |
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| 73 | 73 | | FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘congressional defense 13 |
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| 74 | 74 | | committees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 14 |
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| 75 | 75 | | 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code. 15 |
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