IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1349 
Commending the Government of the Czech Republic for formally agreeing 
to station on its territory a United States radar system for the purpose 
of tracking the trajectories of any ballistic missiles within its range 
that would threaten the collective security of the United States, the 
Czech Republic, and their North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 15, 2008 
Mr. TURNER (for himself, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. PUT-
NAM, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. HUNTER, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. CRAMER, 
and Mr. EVERETT) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Commending the Government of the Czech Republic for for-
mally agreeing to station on its territory a United States 
radar system for the purpose of tracking the trajectories 
of any ballistic missiles within its range that would 
threaten the collective security of the United States, the 
Czech Republic, and their North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
zation allies. 
Whereas the heads of state and governments of the member 
countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) agreed at the April 3, 2008, meeting of the 
North Atlantic Council in Bucharest, Romania, that ‘‘bal-
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listic missile proliferation poses an increasing threat to 
Allies’ forces, territory and populations’’; 
Whereas as part of a broad response to counter the ballistic 
missile threat, the heads of state and governments of 
NATO member countries ‘‘recognize the substantial con-
tribution to the protection of Allies from long-range bal-
listic missiles to be provided by the planned deployment 
of European-based United States missile defense assets’’; 
and 
Whereas the Government of the United States and the Gov-
ernment of the Czech Republic have reached a formal 
agreement on the stationing of a United States radar 
system in the Czech Republic with the understanding 
that such a radar system could track the trajectories of 
any ballistic missiles within its range and thus could play 
a key part of any future NATO-wide missile defense ar-
chitecture: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) the Government of the Czech Republic is to 
be commended for formally agreeing to station on its 
territory a United States radar system for the pur-
pose of tracking the trajectories of any ballistic mis-
siles within its range that would threaten the collec-
tive security of the United States, the Czech Repub-
lic, and their North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) allies; 
(2) this agreement will deepen the bilateral 
strategic relationship between the Governments of 
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the United States and the Czech Republic and could 
make a substantial contribution to NATO’s collec-
tive capability to counter existing and future ballistic 
missile threats; 
(3) this agreement is part of an expanding stra-
tegic dialogue between the United States and the 
Czech Republic to address a broad range of issues, 
including cooperation on mutual defense, counter- 
terrorism, prevention of the proliferation of weapons 
of mass destruction, energy security, and democracy 
promotion; and 
(4) ratification of the agreement by the Par-
liament of the Czech Republic would be a welcome 
step in the process of strengthening relations with 
the United States and supporting the security objec-
tives of the NATO alliance. 
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