[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 17, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H1408]
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                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                                 H.R. 4

                         Offered By: Mr. Allen

               (Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute)

       Amendment No. 1: Strike all after the enacting clause and 
     insert the following:
       That it is the policy of the United States to deploy, 
     subject to authorization and appropriations, a ground-based 
     national missile defense that--
       (1) has been demonstrated to be operationally effective 
     against the threat as defined as of the time of such 
     deployment and as projected for a reasonable period of time 
     thereafter;
       (2) does not diminish the overall national security of the 
     United States by jeopardizing other efforts to reduce threats 
     to the United States, including negotiated reductions in 
     Russian nuclear forces; and
       (3) is affordable and does not compromise the ability of 
     the uniformed service chiefs and the commanders of the 
     regional unified commands to meet their requirements for 
     operational readiness, quality of life of the troops, 
     programmed modernization of weapons systems, and the 
     deployment of planned theater missile defenses.