PUBLIC LAW 98-525—OCT. 19, 1984
98 STAT. 2581
Defense Initiative and other programs, if any, relating to defense against strategic ballistic missiles. Each such report shall include— (1) details of all programs and projects included in the Strategic Defense Initiative or relating to defense against strategic ballistic missiles; (2) a clear definition of the objectives of the Strategic Defense Initiative; (3) an explanation of the relationship between each such objective and each program and project associated with the Strategic Defense Initiative or defense against strategic ballistic missiles; (4) the status of consultations with other member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Japan, and other appropriate allies concerning research being conducted in the Strategic Defense Initiative program; (5) a statement of any anticipated impact on the anti-ballistic missile treaty; (6) consideration of a process by which Congress could review Soviet countermeasures to specific Strategic Defense Initiative programs and evaluate the adequacy of such programs to respond to such countermeasures; (7) details on the funding of programs, projects, and tasks for the Strategic Defense Initiative, including— (A) prior and current year funding levels for all such programs, projects, and tasks in the Strategic Defense Initiative budgetary presentation materials; (B) the amount requested to be appropriated for such programs, projects, and tasks for the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted; and (C) the amount programmed to be requested for the following fiscal year. REPORT ON THEATER NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND FORCE STRUCTURE
SEC. 1103. Not later than January 19, 1985, the President shall President of U.S. submit to Congress a report setting forth reasons why the United States should or should not initiate a long-term program for the renovation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) nuclear deterrent in a manner designed to reduce pressures for early first use of tactical nuclear weapons and to substantially reduce the theater nuclear arsenal to types and numbers of weapons whose characteristics make for a more stable and credible force. The report (in addition to any other matter covered) should specifically address the following issues: (1) Whether NATO should not eliminate its reliance on shortrange battlefield nuclear weapons (such as the atomic demolition bomb and 155-millimeter and 8-inch nuclear artillery rounds), the exposure of which to early loss from enemy action promotes pressures for early use. (2) Whether NATO should not refurbish its nuclear deterrent by designing and deploying specific dedicated nuclear launchers of a range which permits the coverage of all potential targets from locations in the rear of the European NATO territory in the territory of the Warsaw Pact short of the territory of the 49 Stat. 3000. Soviet Union, thereby reducing pressure from enemy action for early first use of nuclear weapons.
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