II 110th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1752 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 9, 2007 Mr. Vitter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 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.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Defense Against Regional Threats Act of 2007.

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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 and all member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization against ballistic missile attack from Iran.

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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.