A bill to prohibit deployment of any system developed under the Strategic Defense Initiative unless the deployment specifically authorized by law.

Introduced

10 February 1987

Last action

23 February 1987 · Committee

Status

Referred to Subcommittee on Research and Development.

Sponsors

Rep. Hertel, Dennis M. [D-MI-14], Rep. Foglietta, Thomas M. [D-PA-1], Rep. Mavroules, Nicholas [D-MA-6], Rep. McCloskey, Frank [D-IN-8], Rep. Mrazek, Robert J. [D-NY-3], Rep. Gray, Kenneth J. [D-IL-22], Rep. Atkins, Chester G. [D-MA-5], Rep. Moakley, John Joseph [D-MA-9], Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-8], Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5], Rep. Brennan, Joseph E. [D-ME-1], Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10], Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Bustamante, Albert G. [D-TX-23], Rep. Clay, William (Bill) [D-MO-1], Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12], Rep. Martinez, Matthew G. [D-CA-31], Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA], Rep. Penny, Timothy J. [D-MN-1], Rep. Dellums, Ronald V. [D-CA-9], Rep. Walgren, Doug [D-PA-18], Rep. Morrison, Bruce A. [D-CT-3], Rep. Torres, Esteban Edward [D-CA-34], Rep. Smith, Lawrence [D-FL-16], Rep. Dwyer, Bernard J. [D-NJ-6], Rep. Gray, William H., III [D-PA-2], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Edwards, Don [D-CA-10], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5], Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-42], Rep. Traxler, Bob [D-MI-8], Rep. Mineta, Norman Y. [D-CA-15], Rep. Sawyer, Tom [D-OH-14], Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-10], Rep. Pease, Donald J. [D-OH-13], Rep. Lowry, Mike [D-WA-7], Rep. Kolter, Joseph P. [D-PA-4], Rep. Wolpe, Howard E. [D-MI-3], Rep. Hawkins, Augustus F. [D-CA-29], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Rep. Feighan, Edward F. [D-OH-19], Rep. Owens, Wayne [D-UT-2]

Subjects

Defence

Source updated

6 June 2025