HJRES 252
99th Congress
House
International Affairs
Antimissile missiles
Antisatellite weapons
Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Arms control agreements
Arms control negotiations
Defense articles
Nuclear weapons
Space
Space policy
Space warfare
Treaties
U.S.S.R.
Space Weapons Treaty Act
Introduced: April 24, 1985
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Became law
Apr 24, 1985
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 24, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Apr 24, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science.
Apr 24, 1985
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Space Weapons Treaty Act - Urges the President to seek the negotiation of: (1) a treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union with respect to mutual and verifiable limitations on the testing, production, deployment, and use of space directed or space based weapons systems; and (2) an agreement with the Soviet Union for a moratorium on the testing of anti-satellite weapons.
Directs the President to reaffirm the U.S. commitment to the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
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