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[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 257 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                        Calendar No. 16
106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 257

                           [Report No. 106-4]

To state the policy of the United States regarding the deployment of a 
missile defense system capable of defending the territory of the United 
            States against limited ballistic missile attack.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 20, 1999

Mr. Cochran (for himself, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Lott, Mr. Warner, 
 Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Smith of New 
    Hampshire, Mr. Nickles, Mr. Mack, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Craig, Mr. 
 McConnell, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Helms, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Thompson, 
Mr. Shelby, Mr. Inhofe, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. McCain, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. 
 Domenici, Mr. Bond, Mr. Roth, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Gramm, Mr. Roberts, Ms. 
  Snowe, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Allard, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. 
 Gregg, Mr. Burns, Mr. Enzi, Ms. Collins, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Ashcroft, 
 Mr. Grams, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Frist, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Smith 
of Oregon, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. 
   Specter) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

                           February 12, 1999

               Reported by Mr. Warner, without amendment

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                                 A BILL

 
To state the policy of the United States regarding the deployment of a 
missile defense system capable of defending the territory of the United 
            States against limited ballistic missile attack.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Missile Defense Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE POLICY.

    It is the policy of the United States 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).
                                     

                                                        Calendar No. 16

106th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 257

                           [Report No. 106-4]

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                                 A BILL

To state the policy of the United States regarding the deployment of a 
missile defense system capable of defending the territory of the United 
            States against limited ballistic missile attack.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           February 12, 1999

                       Reported without amendment
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