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 103 STAT. 1542 PUBLIC LAW 101-189—NOV. 29, 1989 North Dakota. (3) guch assessment shall specifically address the required actions, and the costs associated with those actions, to support both the one- site ABM system and the expanded ABM system to be evaluated under paragraph (2), including (A) the upgrading and expansion of the existing United States radar network, (B) the use of existing inactive ABM components at Grand Forks, North Dakota, and (C) the development and deplo3anent of other required components. (d) REPORT.—Not later than the date on which the budget for fiscal year 1991 is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall submit tn Congress a report on the study under subsection (a). The report shall be submitted in both classified and unclassified form. The report shall specify the results of the study under subsection (a), including each matter required to be included in the study under this section. (e) WAIVER OF REQUIRED STUDY FEATURE.— The study under subsection (a) need not include the assessment referred to in subsec- tion O^XD if, before the date of the submission of the report required by subsection (d) with respect to the study, the President submits to Congress the report required by section 907 of the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 (Public Law 100-456; 102 Stat. 2034), regarding antiballistic missile capabilities and activities of the Soviet Union (such report having been required by subsection (c) of such section to be submitted not later than January 1, 1989). (f) 1972 ABM TREATY DEFINED.— For purposes of this section, the term "1972 ABM Treaty" means the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitations of Anti-Ballistic Missiles, signed at Moscow on May 26, 1972. SEC. 1005. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO ACCIDENTAL LAUNCH PROTECTION (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: (1) The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) has made substan- tial progress in developing technologies to defend the United States from a possible ballistic missile attack, be it deliberate or accidental. (2) Ground-based elements and their associated adjuncts and technologies represent the most mature technologies within the SDI program and should therefore receive priority by the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization. (3) The United States is a signatory to the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. (4) There have been several accidents involving ballistic mis- siles, including the loss of a submarine of the Soviet Union due to inadvertent missile ignition and the inadvertent landing in China of a test missile of the Soviet Union. (5) The continued proliferation of offensive ballistic missile forces by non-superpower countries hostile to the United States and our allies raises the possibility of future nuclear threats. (b) REAFFIRMATION OF SENSE OF CONGRESS.— Congress hereby re- affirms the sense of Congress expressed in section 224(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 (Public Law 100-456; 102 Stat. 1942) stating— (1) that the Secretary of Defense should direct the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization to give priority to development of technologies and systems for a system capable of protecting

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