[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1454 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1454

To establish the policy of the United States with respect to deployment 
 of missile defense systems capable of defending allies of the United 
                States against ballistic missile attack.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2003

  Mr. Vitter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
International Relations, 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 establish the policy of the United States with respect to deployment 
 of missile defense systems capable of defending allies of the United 
                States against ballistic missile attack.

    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 ``Defense Against Regional Threats 
Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. ALLIED MISSILE DEFENSE POLICY.

     It is the policy of the United States to provide for deployment as 
soon as is technologically possible of effective missile defense 
systems capable of defending Israel, Japan, the Republic of Korea, 
Taiwan, and all member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization against ballistic missile attack.

SEC. 3. ALLIED BURDENSHARING.

     It is the policy of the United States to seek continued negotiated 
burdensharing agreements with the nations specified in section 2 to 
share the costs of development and deployment of ballistic missile 
defense systems.
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