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HR 5226 118th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security

Multipolar Deterrence Research and Analysis Act of 2023

Introduced: August 18, 2023 Introduced by: Bacon, Don Republican · Nebraska See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Multipolar Deterrence Research and Analysis Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to seek to enter into an agreement with a university-affiliated research center with expertise in strategic deterrence to research and analyze multipolar deterrence and escalation dynamics. DOD must report on the results of the research. The report must be in an unclassified form but may include a classified annex.

What's happening now August 18, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5226: Multipolar Deterrence Research and Analysis Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5226/
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"H.R. 5226: Multipolar Deterrence Research and Analysis Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5226/.
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H.R. 5226, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5226/.
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