[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1349 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1349

 Commending the Government of the Czech Republic for formally agreeing 
   to station on its territory a United States radar system for the 
 purpose of tracking the trajectories of any ballistic missiles within 
  its range that would threaten the collective security of the United 
      States, the Czech Republic, and their North Atlantic Treaty 
                          Organization allies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 2008

   Mr. Turner (for himself, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Cantor, Mr. 
Putnam, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Hunter, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. 
Everett) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Commending the Government of the Czech Republic for formally agreeing 
   to station on its territory a United States radar system for the 
 purpose of tracking the trajectories of any ballistic missiles within 
  its range that would threaten the collective security of the United 
      States, the Czech Republic, and their North Atlantic Treaty 
                          Organization allies.

Whereas the heads of state and governments of the member countries of the North 
        Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) agreed at the April 3, 2008, meeting 
        of the North Atlantic Council in Bucharest, Romania, that ``ballistic 
        missile proliferation poses an increasing threat to Allies' forces, 
        territory and populations'';
Whereas as part of a broad response to counter the ballistic missile threat, the 
        heads of state and governments of NATO member countries ``recognize the 
        substantial contribution to the protection of Allies from long-range 
        ballistic missiles to be provided by the planned deployment of European-
        based United States missile defense assets''; and
Whereas the Government of the United States and the Government of the Czech 
        Republic have reached a formal agreement on the stationing of a United 
        States radar system in the Czech Republic with the understanding that 
        such a radar system could track the trajectories of any ballistic 
        missiles within its range and thus could play a key part of any future 
        NATO-wide missile defense architecture: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) the Government of the Czech Republic is to be commended 
        for formally agreeing to station on its territory a United 
        States radar system for the purpose of tracking the 
        trajectories of any ballistic missiles within its range that 
        would threaten the collective security of the United States, 
        the Czech Republic, and their North Atlantic Treaty 
        Organization (NATO) allies;
            (2) this agreement will deepen the bilateral strategic 
        relationship between the Governments of the United States and 
        the Czech Republic and could make a substantial contribution to 
        NATO's collective capability to counter existing and future 
        ballistic missile threats;
            (3) this agreement is part of an expanding strategic 
        dialogue between the United States and the Czech Republic to 
        address a broad range of issues, including cooperation on 
        mutual defense, counter-terrorism, prevention of the 
        proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, energy security, 
        and democracy promotion; and
            (4) ratification of the agreement by the Parliament of the 
        Czech Republic would be a welcome step in the process of 
        strengthening relations with the United States and supporting 
        the security objectives of the NATO alliance.
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