[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 91 (Thursday, June 9, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3729]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4612. Mr. DONNELLY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle E of title XVI, add the following:

     SEC. 1667. UNITED STATES POLICY ON BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE.

       (a) Policy.--With respect to ballistic missile defense, it 
     is the policy of the United States to--
       (1) defend the United States homeland against the threat of 
     limited ballistic missile attack, particularly from nations 
     such as North Korea and Iran;
       (2) defend against regional missile threats to deployed 
     United States military forces, while also protecting allies 
     and partners and helping enable them to defend themselves;
       (3) ensure that before new ballistic missile defense 
     capabilities are deployed, they must undergo sufficient 
     operationally realistic testing and demonstrate that they can 
     perform reliably and effectively to help United States forces 
     accomplish their missions;
       (4) ensure that such ballistic missile defense systems are 
     affordable and fiscally sustainable over the long term;
       (5) ensure that United States ballistic missile defense 
     capabilities are flexible enough to adapt to evolving missile 
     threats; and
       (6) enhance international efforts and cooperation on 
     ballistic missile defense to increase regional security and 
     appropriate burden-sharing.
       (b) Conforming Repeal.--The National Missile Defense Act of 
     1999 (Public Law 106-38) is hereby repealed.
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