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(5) estimate the survivability and cost effectiveness at the margin of these systems against current and projected Soviet threats, (c) DEADLINE FOR REPORT.—The report under subsection (a) shall be submitted not later than March 15, 1987. SEC. 216. EFFECT OF STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE TREATY
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(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following findings: (1) The President's Commission on Strategic Forces declared h in its report to the President, dated March 21, 1984, that "One of the most successful arms control agreements is the AntiBallistic Missile Treaty of 1972". (2) The Secretary of State has stated that the "ABM Treaty requires consultations, and the President has explicitly recog;, nized that any ABM-related deployments arising from research ,j into ballistic missile defenses would be a matter for consultations and negotiations between the Parties". (3) The Secretary of State declared on October 14, 1985, that "our research program has been structured and, as the President has reaffirmed, will continue to be conducted in a accordance with a restrictive interpretation of the treaty's < obligations". (4) The President has determined that the Krasnoyarsk radar T is a violation of the ABM Treaty. (5) The Krasnoyarsk radar therefore erodes the integrity of the ABM Treaty and is a matter of serious concern. (b)
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
CONGRESSIONAL
DECLARATIONS.—The
Congress
therefore
declares— (1) that it fully supports the declared policy of the President that a principal objective of the United States in negotiations ^j^jj Yie Soviet Union on nuclear and space arms is to reverse r the erosion of the Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of ^^ Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems, signed on May 26, 1972 (com'^ monly referred to as the "ABM Treaty"); and (2) that action by the Congress in approving funds in this Act ': for research on the Strategic Defense Initiative— • (A) does not express or imply an intention on the part of Congress that the United States should abrogate, violate, or oj rroj otherwise erode such treaty; and -Atm ^g) Qgg jjQ^ express or imply any determination or commitment on the part of Congress that the United States •{ni! develop, test, or deploy ballistic missile strategic defense weaponry that would contravene such treaty. SEC. 217. REPORT ON THE ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE TREATY (a) REPORT ON LESS RESTRICTIVE INTERPRETATION.—The Secretary
of Defense shall submit to Congress a report concerning the effect of the less restrictive interpretation of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty on the Strategic Defense Initiative program. (b) MATTERS TO B E INCLUDED.—The report shall include the following: (1) An analysis of the ramifications of the less restrictive interpretation on the development under the Strategic Defense m Initiative Program, of strategic defenses, including comprehensive strategic defense systems, and more limited defenses
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