1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Save Arms control and Verification Efforts Act of 2019 or SAVE Act . 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) Every United States president since John F. Kennedy has successfully concluded at least one agreement with Russia to reduce nuclear dangers. (2) If the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is terminated, and the New START Treaty is not extended, or a new treaty is not negotiated and ratified before 2021, there would be no legally binding, verifiable limits on the United States or Russian nuclear arsenals for the first time since 1972. (3) For both the United States and the Russian Federation, the New START Treaty's transparency and verification measures provide invaluable insight into the size, capabilities, and operations of both countries' nuclear forces beyond that provided by more traditional intelligence collection and assessment methods, helping create a mutually beneficial environment of stability and predictability. (4) Former Republican and Democratic national security leaders, including George Shultz, William Perry, Richard Burt, Sam Nunn, Richard Lugar, and others, have expressed support for a prompt decision to extend the New START Treaty. (5) United States military leaders continue to see value in the New START Treaty, including Gen. John Hyten, Commander of United States Strategic Command, who told Congress in March 2018 that bilateral, verifiable arms control agreements are essential to our ability to provide an effective deterrent, and testified before Congress in February 2019 that the New START Treaty is important because it provides to the United States a cap on [Russia’s] strategic baseline nuclear weapons, and their ballistic missiles, both submarine and ICBM, as well as their bombers and just as important it gives me insight through the verification regime to their Russia’s real capabilities . (6) The United States NATO allies have consistently expressed support for a decision by the United States and the Russian