Date: 1985-06-20
Result:
102-320
Vote Subject Matter:
Foreign and Defense Policy
/ Defense Policy Budget
Sponsor: DELLUMS, Ronald V. (D-CA)
Bill number: HR1872
Description: TO AMEND THE PRICE AMENDMENT TO H R 1872. THE PRICE AMENDMENT IS A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE (SDI) LANGUAGE THAT INCREASES THE AUTHORIZATION BY $27 MILLION TO $2.5 BILLION. THE DELLUMS AMENDMENT REDUCES THE SDI AUTHORIZATION TO $954 MILLION AND PROHIBITS THE USE OF FUNDS FOR ANY TESTS THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY VIOLATE THE 1972 ABM TREATY. (MOTION FAILED)
Original source documents:
Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 83, p. 462;
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