[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 40 (Monday, March 15, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2679-S2680]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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                  NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE ACT OF 1999

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                 COCHRAN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 69

  Mr. COCHRAN (for himself, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. Warner) 
proposed an amendment to the bill (S. 257) to state the policy of the 
United States regarding the deployment of a missile defense capable of 
defending the territory of the United States against limited ballistic 
missile attack; as follows:

       On page 2, line 11, insert before the period at the end the 
     following: ``with funding subject to the annual authorization 
     of appropriations and the annual appropriation of funds for 
     National Missile Defense''.
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                      DORGAN AMENDMENTS NOS. 70-71

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. DORGAN submitted two amendments intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S. 257, supra; as follows:

                            Amendment No. 70

       On page 2, strike line 7 and all that follows and insert 
     the following:
       It is the policy of the United States--
       (1) 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); and
       (2) that deployment of the system shall be carried out in a 
     manner that--
       (A) balances such deployment with the deployment or 
     utilization of other measures to protect the United States 
     against attack by weapons of mass destruction; and
       (B) gives appropriate consideration to the cooperative 
     relationship between the United States and Russia regarding a 
     reduction in the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction.
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                            Amendment No. 71

       On page 2, strike line 7 and all that follows and insert 
     the following:
       (a) Policy for Development of National Missile Defense 
     System.--It is the policy of the United States to develop for 
     potential deployment 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).
       (b) Policy for Deployment of National Missile Defense 
     System.--It is the policy of the United States to deploy a 
     National Missile Defense system only if that system--
       (1) is well managed, proven under rigorous and repeated 
     testing, and cost-effective when assessed within the context 
     of other requirements relating to the national security 
     interest of the United States;
       (2) is deployed in concert with a variety of additional 
     measures to protect the United

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     States against attack by weapons of mass destruction, 
     including efforts toward arms reduction and weapons 
     nonproliferation;
       (3) enhances strategic stability; and
       (4) is deployed in a manner that contributes to a 
     cooperative relationship between the United States and Russia 
     with respect to a reduction in the dangers to both countries 
     posed by weapons of mass destruction.

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