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Ballistic Missile Defense Act of 1995

Introduced: February 16, 1995 See on congress.gov
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Feb 28, 1995
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Feb 16, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on National Security.
Feb 16, 1995
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ballistic Missile Defense Act of 1995 - Expresses as the policy of the United States to: (1) adhere to the spirit and letter of the 1972 ABM Treaty; and (2) direct the limited U.S. missile defense resources primarily toward short-range missile threats.

Limits to $1.25 billion the FY 1996 Department of Defense funding that may be made available for the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization. Requires field testing and deployment of any missile defense system to be consistent with the traditional interpretation of the ABM Treaty.

What's happening now February 28, 1995

Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 5 Independent 1
D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 25, 1995
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 9, 1995
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 7, 1995
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 7, 1995
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Mar 7, 1995
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 16, 1995
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 983: Ballistic Missile Defense Act of 1995. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-983/
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"H.R. 983: Ballistic Missile Defense Act of 1995." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-983/.
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