[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 983 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 983

To further establish the ballistic missile defense policy of the United 
                                States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 16, 1995

Mr. DeFazio (for himself, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, 
  Mr. Evans, Ms. Furse, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Gejdenson, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. 
Pallone, Mr. Sabo, Mrs. Schroeder, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Stark, Ms. Woolsey, 
and Mr. Miller of California) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on National Security

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                                 A BILL


 
To further establish the ballistic missile defense policy of the United 
                                States.

    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 ``Ballistic Missile Defense Act of 
1995''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The Congress has appropriated $36,000,000,000 for 
        missile defense research and development during the past 12 
        years.
            (2) The United States has a limited amount of resources 
        available for military spending.
            (3) The end of the Cold War requires the United States to 
        reevaluate its military spending commitments.
            (4) Senior United States intelligence officials have 
        determined that a serious long-range missile threat from 
        countries other than China and Russia is at least a decade 
        away.
            (5) The United States has much more of a time-urgent need 
        for the development of short-range missile defense for the 
        foreseeable future.
            (6) The 1972 ABM Treaty has helped avert a costly and 
        destabilizing offense/defense nuclear arms race for nearly a 
        quarter of a century and remains important for further 
        reductions in the Russian and United States nuclear arsenals.
            (7) The United States has at its disposal many measures to 
        seek the prevention of long-range missile proliferation that 
        are much less costly than antiballistic missile technology 
        development and deployment.

SEC. 3. POLICY.

    It is the policy of the United States--
            (1) to adhere to the spirit and letter of the 1972 ABM 
        Treaty; and
            (2) to direct the limited missile defense resources of the 
        United States primarily toward short-range missile threats.

SEC. 4. LIMITATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996 ON FUNDS FOR BALLISTIC MISSILE 
              DEFENSE ORGANIZATION.

    Of the funds made available for the Department of Defense for 
fiscal year 1996, not more than $1,250,000,000 shall be made available 
for the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization.

SEC. 5. LIMITATION ON FIELD TESTING AND DEPLOYMENT.

    (a) Limitation.--No funds may be spent on field testing or 
deployment of any missile defense system or component in a manner that 
is inconsistent with the traditional interpretation of the 1972 ABM 
Treaty, as established in the ratification process, subsequent state 
practice, and Agreed Statements and Common Understandings, 
notwithstanding any agreements in the Standing Consultative Commission 
concerning the clarification of the distinction between theater and 
strategic defenses that have been approved by the Senate and the 
Russian State Duma.
    (b) 1972 ABM Treaty.--For purposes of this Act, the term ``1972 ABM 
Treaty'' means the Treaty between the United States of America and the 
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic 
Missiles, signed on May 26, 1972.
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