IV
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 98
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to limits
in any bilateral or multilateral agreement on certain missile defense
systems of the United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 13, 1997
Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. PICKETT, Mr. MCHALE, Mr.
MURTHA, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. TAYLOR
of Mississippi, Mr. SPENCE, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. BARTLETT
of Maryland, Mr. CONDIT, Mr. GINGRICH, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. SAM
JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. HYDE, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. LEWIS of Ken-
tucky, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. BONO, Mr. SAXTON, Mr.
YOUNG of Florida, Mr. MCDADE, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. RILEY, Mr. STUMP,
Mr. EVERETT, Mr. MCCRERY, Mr. COX of California, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr.
MCKEON, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. SCARBOROUGH, Mr. SISISKY, Ms. HARMAN,
Mr. ROYCE, Mr. DUNCAN, Mrs. FOWLER, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. GIL-
MAN, Mr. BATEMAN, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. HANSEN, Mr. STENHOLM,
Mr. DELAY, Mr. LIVINGSTON, Mr. TALENT, Mr. QUINN, Mr. CLEMENT,
Mr. REYES, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, and Mr. ISTOOK)
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee
on International Relations
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with
respect to limits in any bilateral or multilateral agree-
ment on certain missile defense systems of the United
States.
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Whereas Presidents Clinton and Yeltsin are expected to con-
sider proposals to modify the Anti-Ballistic Missile Trea-
ty of 1972 in the course of their summit meeting in Hel-
sinki, Finland in March of 1997;
Whereas consideration is being given to modifications that
would, in particular, have the effect of expanding the
scope of the treaty in order to establish limits on theater
missile defenses that are not currently covered by the
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty;
Whereas both the President and the Congress have repeatedly
emphasized the urgent need to deploy effective theater
missile defenses in support of United States forces and
allies overseas; and
Whereas the Joint Chiefs of Staff have expressed serious con-
cern that the negotiating proposals of the executive
branch will result in unacceptable constraints on the ca-
pability or availability of United States theater missile
defenses: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved,
SECTION 1. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING LIMITS ON
UNITED STATES MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS.
It is the sense of the House of Representatives that
any bilateral or international agreement that has the ef-
fect of imposing limits in the following areas would not
be in the national security interests of the United States:
(1) Limits on the performance of United States
theater ballistic missile interception systems (includ-
ing limits on velocity).
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(2) Limits on United States sensor systems
that may support theater missile defenses (including
space-based theater missile defense sensors).
(3) Restrictions on testing in addition to those
already imposed by the existing Anti-Ballistic Missile
Treaty (for example, no testing of nonstrategic mis-
sile defenses against strategic missile targets).
(4) Limits on deployments involving United
States theater missile defenses (for example, ar-
rangements that would restrict the number or loca-
tion of theater missile defense systems or would re-
quire the prior notification or permission of Russia).
SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING ADDITIONAL
AGREEMENTS.
In light of the concern of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
and the House of Representatives to proposals that would
have the effects set forth in section 1, it is the further
sense of the House of Representatives that no additional
international agreements are required to deploy theater
missile defense systems, and the Congress will not be re-
ceptive to any agreement that serves to reduce the poten-
tial of United States theater missile defense systems to
defend the armed forces of the United States abroad or
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the armed forces or population of allies of the United
States.
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