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108TH CONGRESS ExEc. RPT.
1st Session SENATE 108-1
TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ON STRATEGIC OF-
FENSIVE REDUCTIONS, SIGNED AT MOSCOW ON MAY
24, 2002 (THE MOSCOW TREATY')
FEBRUARY 20, 2003.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. LUGAR, from the Committee on Foreign Relations,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany Treaty Doc. 107-8]
The Committee on Foreign Relations to which was referred the
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Russian Fed-
eration on Strategic Offensive Reductions, signed at Moscow on
May 24, 2002 (hereafter, the Moscow Treaty or the Treaty),
having considered the same, reports favorably thereon subject to
two conditions and six declarations set forth in this report and the
accompanying resolution of ratification and recommends that the
Senate give its advice and consent to ratification thereof.
CONTENTS
Page
I. P u rpose ........................................................................................................... 1
II. Sum m ary of the Treaty ............................................................................... 8
III. B ackground ................................................................................................... 9
IV. Views of the Armed Services Committee ..................................................... 10
V . Com m ittee A ction .......................................................................................... 17
VI. Resolution of Ratification .............................................................................. 23
VII. Article-by-Article Analysis ............................................................................ 26
VIII. CBO Cost Estim ate ........................................................................................ 30
I. PURPOSE
Since the end of the Cold War the United States and Russia have
had an opportunity for a new approach to arms control. The dis-
trust and suspicion that resulted in years of acrimonious negotia-
tion, lengthy agreements and accountability which rested on doubt,
not trust, has given way to a new relationship with the Russian
Federation that is based on more friendship and trust than in the
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