106th Congress > Senate > Vote 49

Date: March 16, 1999

Result: 99-0 (Amendment Agreed to)

Clerk session vote number: 49

Vote Subject Matter: Foreign and Defense Policy / Defense Policy Budget

Sponsor: COCHRAN, William Thad (R-MS)

Bill number: S257

Question: On the Amendment

Description: To clarify that the deployment funding is subject to the annual authorization and appropriation process.

Bill summary: National Missile Defense Act of 1999 - Declares that it is U.S. policy to: (1) deploy as soon as technologically possible a National Missile Defense (NMD) system capable of defending U.S. territory against limited ballistic missile attack (whether accidental, unauthorized, or deliberate), with funding subject to the annual authorization of appropriations and the annual appropriation of funds for NMD; and (2) seek continued negotiated reductions in Russian nuclear forces.

Bill titles: A bill entitled, "The Cochran-Inouye National Missile Defense Act of 1999".; A bill to state the policy of the United States regarding the deployment of a missile defense capable of defending the territory of the United States against limited ballistic missile attack.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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