S.Amdt. 5571

SA 5571. Mr. KYL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 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:

On page 42, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:

(12) The ballistic missile threat to the United States, deployed forces of the United States, and allies and friends of the United States from short-range, medium-range, intermediate-range, and long-range ballistic missiles of North Korea, Iran, and other countries with active ballistic missile programs, including the following:

(A) The ranges of the ballistic missiles in such programs.

(B) The fuel propulsion systems of such missiles.

(C) The booster and warhead characteristics of such missiles.

(D) The capacity of such missiles to employ countermeasures, decoys, or multiple re-entry vehicles.