[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 257 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 257

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                                 AN ACT


 
 Entitled ``The Cochran-Inouye National Missile Defense Act of 1999''.

    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 ``National Missile Defense Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE POLICY.

    It is the policy of the United States to deploy as soon as is 
technologically possible an effective National Missile Defense system 
capable of defending the territory of the United States against limited 
ballistic missile attack (whether accidental, unauthorized, or 
deliberate) with funding subject to the annual authorization of 
appropriations and the annual appropriation of funds for National 
Missile Defense.

SEC. 3. POLICY ON REDUCTION OF RUSSIAN NUCLEAR FORCES.

    It is the policy of the United States to seek continued negotiated 
reductions in Russian nuclear forces.

            Passed the Senate March 17, 1999.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
106th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 257

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                                 AN ACT

 Entitled ``The Cochran-Inouye National Missile Defense Act of 1999''.