S.Amdt. 4612

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1999 (Public Law 106-38) is hereby repealed.
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