To establish a National and Nuclear Risk Reduction Center within the Department of State, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8086 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8086

 To establish a National and Nuclear Risk Reduction Center within the
              Department of State, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 2026

Mr. Keating (for himself and Mr. Baumgartner) introduced the following
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 To establish a National and Nuclear Risk Reduction Center within the
              Department of State, 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. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL AND NUCLEAR RISK REDUCTION CENTER.

    (a) In General.--There is established within the Department of
State a National and Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (``NNRRC''), who
shall report directly to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and
International Security.
    (b) Responsibilities.--The NNRRC shall carry out the following
responsibilities:
            (1) Operate a 24-hour basis government-to-government
        communications center for exchanging notifications with foreign
        counterparts as required by--
                    (A) bilateral and multilateral arms control
                agreements or arrangements; and
                    (B) confidence-building agreements between the
                United States, foreign governments, and international
                organizations.
            (2) Translate and disseminate incoming and outgoing
        notifications and messages to and from appropriate Federal
        Government departments and agencies for purposes of executing,
        when necessary, operational alerts or time-sensitive
        notifications requiring immediate attention.
            (3) Advise Department of State policy and operational
        offices on communication or technical issues from new arms
        control and international security agreements.
            (4) Provide technical assistance to foreign governments on
        NNRRC-related requirements on the operation of national
        communication systems for arms control agreements and other
        confidence-building agreements.
            (5) Ensure the NNRRC maintains not fewer than one linguist
        on duty at all time who--
                    (A) can provide Mandarin Chinese and Russian
                language translation services;
                    (B) is proficient with technical arms control
                matters; and
                    (C) can facilitate communications related to
                notifications and exchanges with foreign governments
                involving arms control agreements and arrangements.
            (6) Establish a protocol for coordination between the NNRRC
        and interagency stakeholders, including liaison roles.
            (7) Perform such other duties as the Under Secretary for
        Arms Control and International Security may from time to time
        designate.
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