An amendment to the Aspin amendment providing that the provisions of the Aspin amendment shall not apply after 9/30/85, or if the President submits a report to Congress setting forth findings that a) the Soviets have deployed a sea launch cruise missile comparable to the Tomahawk missile that had not been deployed 1/1/83, and b) it is technically impossible for the U.S. to verify effectively any limit on the numbers of such missiles deployed or how they are armed. It also provides that by 1/19/85, the President shall report to Congress describing an arms control method for determining whether a cruise missile is conventionally or nuclear armed.

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Amendment Number
804
Description
An amendment to the Aspin amendment providing that the provisions of the Aspin amendment shall not apply after 9/30/85, or if the President submits a report to Congress setting forth findings that a) the Soviets have deployed a sea launch cruise missile comparable to the Tomahawk missile that had not been deployed 1/1/83, and b) it is technically impossible for the U.S. to verify effectively any limit on the numbers of such missiles deployed or how they are armed. It also provides that by 1/19/85, the President shall report to Congress describing an arms control method for determining whether a cruise missile is conventionally or nuclear armed.
Congress
98
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
May 31, 1984
Latest Action Text
Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
Submitted Date
May 31, 1984
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Jun 30, 2021
Amendment 804 — Informed