NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997
(Senate - June 28, 1996)
At the end of subtitle C of title II add the following:
SEC. 237. ANNUAL REPORT ON THREAT OF ATTACK BY BALLISTIC MISSILES CARRYING NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL, OR BIOLOGICAL WARHEADS.
(a) Findings: Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The worldwide proliferation of ballistic missiles is a potential threat to the United States national interests overseas and challenges United States defense planning.
(2) In the absence of a national missile defense, the United States remains vulnerable to long-range missile threats.
(3) Russia has a ground-based missile defense system deployed around Moscow.
(4) Several countries, including Iraq, Iran, and North Korea may soon be technologically capable of threatening the United States and Russia with ballistic missile attack.
(b) Report Required: (1) Each year, the President shall submit to Congress a report on the threats to the United States of attack by ballistic missiles carrying nuclear, biological, or chemical warheads.
(2) The President shall submit the first report not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Content of Report: The report shall contain the following:
(1) A list of all countries thought to have nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons, the estimated numbers of such weapons that each country has, and the destructive potential of the weapons.
(2) A list of all countries thought to have ballistic missiles, the estimated number of such missiles that each country has, and an assessment of the ability of those countries to integrate their ballistic missile capabilities with their nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons technologies.
(3) A comparison of the United States civil defense capabilities with the civil defense capabilities of each country that has nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons and ballistic missiles capable of delivering such weapons.
(4) An estimate of the number of American fatalities and injuries that could result, and an estimate of the value of property that could be lost, from an attack on the United States by ballistic missiles carrying nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons if the United States were left undefended by a national missile defense system covering all 50 States.
(5) Assuming the use of any existing theater ballistic missile defense system for defense of the United States, a list of the States that would be left exposed to nuclear ballistic missile attacks and the criteria used to determine which States would be left exposed.
(6) The means by which the United States is preparing to defend itself against the potential threat of ballistic missile attacks by North Korea, Iran, Iraq, and other countries obtaining ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons in the near future.
(7) For each country that is capable of attacking the United States with ballistic missiles carrying a nuclear, biological, or chemical weapon, a comparison of--
(A) the vulnerability of the United States to such an attack if theater missile defenses were used to defend against the attack; and
(B) the vulnerability of the United States to such an attack if a national missile defense were in place to defend against the attack.
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