[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 17, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S2872]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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                  NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE ACT OF 1999

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                       BINGAMAN AMENDMENT NO. 74

  Mr. BINGAMAN 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, strike lines 7 through 11 and insert the 
     following:
       It is the policy of the United States that a decision to 
     deploy a National Missile Defense system shall be made only 
     after the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
     Director of Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department 
     of Defense, has determined that the system has demonstrated 
     operational effectiveness.
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                        HARKIN AMENDMENT NO. 75

  Mr. HARKIN proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 257, supra; as 
follows:

       At the end, add the following:

     SEC. 4. COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RELEVANT NATIONAL SECURITY 
                   THREATS.

       (a) Requirement for Study.--Not later than January 1, 2001, 
     the President shall submit to Congress the comparative study 
     described in subsection (b).
       (b) Content of Study.--(1) The study required under 
     subsection (a) is a study that provides a quantitative 
     analysis of the relevant risks and likelihood of the full 
     range of current and emerging national security threats to 
     the territory of the United States. The study shall be 
     carried out in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and 
     the heads of all other departments and agencies of the 
     Federal Government that have responsibilities, expertise, and 
     interests that the President considers relevant to the 
     comparison.
       (2) The threats compared in the study shall include threats 
     by the following means:
       (A) Long-range ballistic missiles.
       (B) Bombers and other aircraft.
       (C) Cruise missiles.
       (D) Submarines.
       (E) Surface ships.
       (F) Biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons.
       (G) Any other weapons of mass destruction that are 
     delivered by means other than missiles, including covert 
     means and commercial methods such as cargo aircraft, cargo 
     ships, and trucks.
       (H) Deliberate contamination or poisoning of food and water 
     supplies.
       (I) Any other means.
       (3) In addition to the comparison of the threats, the 
     report shall include the following:
       (A) The status of the developed and deployed responses and 
     preparations to meet the threats.
       (B) A comparison of the costs of developing and deploying 
     responses and preparations to meet the threats.

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