SENSE OF CONGRESS ON START TALKS

SEC. 1003. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON START TALKSCongress hereby reaffirms the sense of Congress expressed in the second session of the 100th Congress (in section 902 of the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 (Public Law 100–456; 102 Stat. 2031)) that any agreement negotiated by the President to achieve a reduction and limitation on strategic arms (through the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks in Geneva or otherwise)— (1) should not prevent the United States from deploying a force structure under the agreement which emphasizes survivable strategic systems and, in particular, should not in any way compromise the security of the United States ballistic-missile carrying submarine force; and (2) should not prohibit or limit the deployment of non-nuclear cruise missiles.