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

This bill would create a National and Nuclear Risk Reduction Center inside the Department of State. The center would report to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security. It would run a 24-hour communications center to exchange notices with foreign governments as required by arms control and confidence-building agreements, and would translate and share those messages with federal agencies. It would also advise State Department offices, give technical help to foreign governments on communication systems, and keep at least one linguist on duty at all times who can translate Mandarin Chinese and Russian.

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Sponsors

• William R. Keating Democrat sponsor
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