PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · S

S. 885 (99th)

A bill to establish a moratorium during the fiscal years 1985 and 1986 on the testing of anti-satellite weapons against objects in space.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

3 April 1985

Last action

3 April 1985 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Sponsors

Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI], Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD], Sen. Hart, Gary W. [D-CO], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND], Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR], Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA], Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI], Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME], Sen. Proxmire, William [D-WI], Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD], Rep. Simon, Paul [D-IL-24], Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT], Rep. Harkin, Tom [D-IA-5], Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI], Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI], Rep. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT-2], Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR], Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ], Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH]

Subjects

Taxation

Source updated

14 January 2025

Taxation

Official sourceView documentsShare

Summary

Prohibits the obligation of funds during FY 1985 and 1986 for the testing of anti-satellite weapons against objects in space unless the President certifies to the Congress certain findings on actions taken by the Soviet Union.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 3 April 1985

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 3 April 1985

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

Sponsors

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.