[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 186 (Tuesday, December 6, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H8144]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 SAFEGUARD MISSILE DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES

  (Mr. BROOKS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BROOKS. Mr. Speaker, during the House Armed Services Committee's 
review of the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, I 
successfully proposed a two-tier amendment to protect America's missile 
defense technology.
  Tier 1 bars the White House from giving the Russian Federation any 
American hit-to-kill or other sensitive missile defense technology. 
Tier 2 bars the White House from giving Russia any American non-
sensitive missile defense technology unless the White House first 
certifies to Congress that America's missile defense will not be 
undermined and that our technology will not be proliferated.
  Senator Mark Kirk of Illinois is blocking the Russian ambassador 
nomination until the appropriate safeguards exist that protect 
America's missile defense technology. I applaud Senator Kirk's efforts.
  The NDAA is now in conference committee. I urge the conferees to 
support the HASC amendment and to safeguard missile defense 
technologies that have cost American taxpayers so much and that have 
helped protect America so well.

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