[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 98 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 98

 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to 
 limits in any bilateral or multilateral agreement on certain missile 
                 defense systems of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 1997

 Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Pickett, Mr. McHale, Mr. 
   Murtha, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Taylor of 
   Mississippi, Mr. Spence, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Bartlett of 
  Maryland, Mr. Condit, Mr. Gingrich, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Sam Johnson of 
Texas, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Chambliss, 
 Mr. Solomon, Mr. Bono, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. McDade, 
Mr. Hefley, Mr. Riley, Mr. Stump, Mr. Everett, Mr. McCrery, Mr. Cox of 
 California, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Scarborough, Mr. 
     Sisisky, Ms. Harman, Mr. Royce, Mr. Duncan, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. 
 Thornberry, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Hansen, Mr. 
    Stenholm, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Talent, Mr. Quinn, Mr. 
   Clement, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Burton of Indiana, and Mr. 
 Istook) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on International Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to 
 limits in any bilateral or multilateral agreement on certain missile 
                 defense systems of the United States.

Whereas Presidents Clinton and Yeltsin are expected to consider proposals to 
        modify the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty of 1972 in the course of their 
        summit meeting in Helsinki, Finland in March of 1997;
Whereas consideration is being given to modifications that would, in particular, 
        have the effect of expanding the scope of the treaty in order to 
        establish limits on theater missile defenses that are not currently 
        covered by the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty;
Whereas both the President and the Congress have repeatedly emphasized the 
        urgent need to deploy effective theater missile defenses in support of 
        United States forces and allies overseas; and
Whereas the Joint Chiefs of Staff have expressed serious concern that the 
        negotiating proposals of the executive branch will result in 
        unacceptable constraints on the capability or availability of United 
        States theater missile defenses: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, 

SECTION 1. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING LIMITS ON UNITED STATES MISSILE 
              DEFENSE SYSTEMS.

    It is the sense of the House of Representatives that any bilateral 
or international agreement that has the effect of imposing limits in 
the following areas would not be in the national security interests of 
the United States:
            (1) Limits on the performance of United States theater 
        ballistic missile interception systems (including limits on 
        velocity).
            (2) Limits on United States sensor systems that may support 
        theater missile defenses (including space-based theater missile 
        defense sensors).
            (3) Restrictions on testing in addition to those already 
        imposed by the existing Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (for 
        example, no testing of nonstrategic missile defenses against 
        strategic missile targets).
            (4) Limits on deployments involving United States theater 
        missile defenses (for example, arrangements that would restrict 
        the number or location of theater missile defense systems or 
        would require the prior notification or permission of Russia).

SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS.

    In light of the concern of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the House 
of Representatives to proposals that would have the effects set forth 
in section 1, it is the further sense of the House of Representatives 
that no additional international agreements are required to deploy 
theater missile defense systems, and the Congress will not be receptive 
to any agreement that serves to reduce the potential of United States 
theater missile defense systems to defend the armed forces of the 
United States abroad or the armed forces or population of allies of the 
United States.
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