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HR 2596 106th Congress House

Realistic Tests for Realistic Threats National Security Act of 1999

Official title: To provide for a testing program for the Navy Theater-Wide system and the Theater High-Altitude Area Defense system.

Introduced: September 8, 1999 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Antimissile missilesBallistic missile defensesEast AsiaInternational Affairs
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Became law
Jul 28, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Research and Development.
Jul 28, 1999
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Jul 22, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Jul 22, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 28, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Research and Development.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Realistic Tests for Realistic Threats National Security Act of 1999 - Requires the Director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization of the Department of Defense to: (1) conduct, no later than September 30, 2001, at least one intercept test of the Navy Theater-Wide defense system and the Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system against target missiles with velocities of not less than the maximum velocity of the Taepo Dong I missile of North Korea; (2) take immediate steps to modify plans for managing the development of such systems to meet such deadline.

Urges the Director, in order to improve the likelihood that the tests are successful, to review changes in the configuration of the systems to: (1) increase the speed of their interceptor missiles to well in excess of three kilometers-per-second; and (2) allow such missiles to receive and use targeting data provided by a variety of external sensors.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Republican 7
R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jun 12, 2000
Toomey, Patrick
· May 4, 2000
BALLENGER, CASS
· Apr 13, 2000
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Apr 13, 2000
COMBEST, LARRY
· Nov 8, 1999
DUNN, JENNIFER
· Nov 8, 1999
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Sep 27, 1999
Sanford, Mark
· Sep 27, 1999
DeMint, James
· Sep 8, 1999
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Sep 8, 1999
 R
Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Sep 8, 1999
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Sep 8, 1999
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Sep 8, 1999
TAUZIN, W.
· Sep 8, 1999
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