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HR 2845 111th Congress House

Protect the Homeland from North Korean and Iranian Ballistic Missiles Act

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Defense to deploy ground-based interceptors as part of the missile defense system, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 12, 2009 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security AlaskaAlliancesArms control and nonproliferationAsia
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CaliforniaDefense spendingIranMiddle EastMilitary facilities and propertyNorth KoreaNuclear weapons
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 24, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
Jun 12, 2009
Referred to House Foreign Affairs
Jun 12, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 12, 2009
Referred to House Armed Services
Jun 12, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 24, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protect the Homeland from North Korean and Iranian Ballistic Missiles Act - States the concern of Congress over North Korean and Iranian long-range ballistic missile technology and the spread of such technology. Expresses support for ballistic missile protection of U.S. allies and forward deployed forces but also the belief that this should not come at the expense of U.S. homeland protection.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to deploy specified numbers of ground-based interceptors in Alaska and California and such number in other locations as determined to be appropriate by the President.

Authorizes funding for the ground-based midcourse defense system of the Missile Defense Agency.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 2
Griffith, Parker
· Jun 12, 2009
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Jun 12, 2009
 R
Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · Jun 12, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2845: Protect the Homeland from North Korean and Iranian Ballistic Missiles Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2845/
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"H.R. 2845: Protect the Homeland from North Korean and Iranian Ballistic Missiles Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2845/.
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H.R. 2845, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2845/.
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