[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2483 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2483

To require the President to give notice of the intention of the United 
  States to withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 17, 1995

   Mr. Hoke  (for himself, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Spence, Mr. 
 DeLay, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. Stump, Mr. Dornan, Mr. 
    Hunter, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Royce, Mr. Barr of 
Georgia, Mr. Bono, Mr. Funderburk, Mr. Jones, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Smith of 
    Texas, and Mr. Hansen) introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition 
to the Committee on National Security, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the President to give notice of the intention of the United 
  States to withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Defend America Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) it is a primary responsibility of the United States 
        Government under the Constitution to provide for the common 
        defense of the American people;
            (2) the territory of the United States is currently 
        unprotected against attacks, purposeful or accidental, with 
        ballistic missiles; and
            (3) the international proliferation of ballistic missiles 
        and weapons of mass destruction constitute extraordinary events 
        that have jeopardized the supreme interests of the United 
        States.

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT TO GIVE NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL.

    Based on the changed strategic circumstances described in section 
2(3), the President shall, within 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, give notice to the Russian Federation of the 
intention of the United States to withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic 
Missile Treaty, as permitted under Article XV of that Treaty.

SEC. 4. CONDUCT OF A TEST.

    The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the 
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, shall, not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, order that at least of one 
of the following tests be conducted:
            (1) The test of an anti-ballistic missile interceptor that 
        is based in space.
            (2) The test of a sensor in space capable of providing data 
        directly to an anti-ballistic missile interceptor.
            (3) The test of an existing air defense system, theater 
        missile defense system, or early warning system to demonstrate 
        its capability to counter strategic ballistic missiles or their 
        elements in flight trajectory.

SEC. 5. DEFINITION.

    As used in this Act, the term ``Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty'' 
means the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of 
Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile 
Systems, signed in Moscow on May 26, 1972, with related protocol, 
signed in Moscow on July 3, 1974.

SEC. 6. FUNDING.

    Of the funds available to the Ballistic Missile Defense 
Organization, up to $50,000,000 shall be made available for the conduct 
of at least one test described in section 4.
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