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WASHINGTON \u2015 U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday plans to sign legislation that would make it more difficult for him to leave a landmark, 34-nation reconnaissance treaty, even as he is weighing leaving it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2020 defense policy bill<\/a> passed by Congress would require the president consult Congress and wait four months before withdrawing from the Open Skies Treaty<\/a>, which includes Russia and allows mutual overflights of each signatory\u2019s territory. The 2020 defense appropriations bill <\/a>would provide $41.5 million to begin replacing the aging Boeing OC-135B aircraft that America uses for its Open Skies flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senate Strategic Forces Subcommittee Chairwoman Deb Fischer, R-Neb., said the legislative language “puts a marker on the table: Open Skies is a treaty we should remain in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs long as the mission is there, we want to make sure there are proper planes, proper resources to make it go \u2015 and that was my push all along,\u201d Fischer said. \u201cWe are still in the treaty, let\u2019s make sure we have planes that work for these guys that are going to have to do [the mission].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allies and arms control advocates have been lobbying in favor of the treaty as a valuable channel for transparency and dialogue between Russia and the U.S. Trump signing the authorization and appropriations bills into law will be a win for both camps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If you\u2019re in need of more evidence that Congress does not want the Trump administration to withdraw the United States from the Open Skies Treaty, both the final fiscal year 2020 defense authorization and appropriations bills provide it,\u201d said the Arms Control Association\u2019s director for disarmament and threat reduction policy, Kingston Reif.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, the Senate Subcommittee on Airland Chairman Tom Cotton, R-Ark., authored an op-ed in The Washington Post<\/a> titled, \u201cThe Open Skies treaty is giving Russia spying capabilities. End it.\u201d Cotton argued that Russia allows limited overflights of areas where it is engaged in covert military operations, but sends spy planes over U.S. military installations or over Trump\u2019s retreat in Bedminster, New Jersey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 08: Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) questions former FBI Director James Comey during a hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill June 8, 2017 in Washington, DC. Comey said that President Donald Trump pressured him to drop the FBI’s investigation into former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and demanded Comey’s loyalty during the one-on-one meetings he had with president. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Along these lines, the Trump administration has told European allies<\/a> that Russia is abusing the treaty by targeting critical U.S. infrastructure. The White House is pressing those allies to find a solution. The administration has also launched an internal interagency process to chart a course forward on the treaty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, some lawmakers complain<\/a> the administration has been opaque with Congress about its actions. According to a congressional aide, State Department and Pentagon officials were recently set to speak at a joint, bipartisan briefing to the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees, but canceled just as the briefing was to begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act would require congressional notification and a 120-day waiting period before any intent to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty, or the 2010 arms reduction treaty, New START.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The legislation is a victory for Congress\u2019 Nebraska delegation, which worked to secure both the funding and policy restrictions. On Thursday, Nebraska Republican Rep. Don Bacon, a former commander of the 55th Wing at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, and a member of the House Armed Services Committee, was jubilant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can say, \u2018Bacon brought home the bacon,\u2019 \u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Bacon, the Air Force has sought a second Open Skies aircraft, but the White House is interested in defunding it \u2015 though it has not formally made that request to Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, he said he has worked through a bipartisan coalition to protect the treaty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m not saying I will always fight for this, but you\u2019ve got to make a case [to withdraw],” he said, “and nobody [from the administration] made a case to us why we should withdraw.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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