Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 108 Part 4.djvu/66

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108 STAT. 2700 PUBLIC LAW 103-337—OCT. 5, 1994 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate relating to the correct interpretation of the ABM Treaty and accompanied by an enclosure setting forth such interpretation. (2) The term "ABM Treaty" means the Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missiles, signed in Moscow on May 26, 1972. (3) The term "appropriate congressional committees" means— (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. SEC. 232. MODIFICATIONS TO ANTI-RALUSTIC MISSILE TREATY TO BE ENTERED INTO ONLY THROUGH TREATY MAKING POWER. (a) REQUIREMENT FOR USE OF TREATY MAKING POWER. —The United States shall not be bound by any international agreement entered into by the President that would substantively modify the ABM Treaty unless the agreement is entered pursuant to the treaty making power of the President under the Constitution. (b) ABM TREATY DEFINED. —In this section, the term "ABM Treaty" means the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems, signed in Moscow on May 26, 1972, with related protocol, signed in Moscow on July 3, 1974. SEC. 233. REVISIONS TO THE MISSILE DEFENSE ACT OF 1991. The Missile Defense Act of 1991 (part C of title II of PuWic Law 102-190; 10 U.S.C. 2431 note) is amended— (1) by striking out sections 235, 236, and 237; and Reports. (2) in section 238, by inserting before the period at the end of the second sentence the following: ", and shall submit to the Congress additional interim reports on the progress of such negotiations at six-month intervals thereafter until such time as the President notifies the Congress that such negotiations have been concluded or terminated. SEC. 234. LIMITATION ON FLIGHT TESTS OF CERTAIN MISSILES. (a) LIMITATION.— The Secretary of Defense may not conduct the laimch of a target ballistic missile as part of the theater missile defense extended range test program if an anticipated result of the launch of that target missile under that test program would be release of debris in a land area of the United States outside a designated Department of Defense test range or an extension thereof in force as of July 1, 1994. (b) DEFINITION OF DEBRIS.— For purposes of subsection (a), the term "debris" does not include particulate matter that is regulated for considerations of air quality. (c) CERTAIN TESTING UNAFFECTED.—Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting or limiting testing of cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or precision-guided mimitions. (d) EXPIRATION OF LIMITATION. —The limitation in subsection (a) shall expire on the later of—