REVISIONS TO MISSILE DEFENSE ACT OF 1991.

SEC. 232. REVISIONS TO MISSILE DEFENSE ACT OF 1991. The Missile Defense Act of 1991 (part C of title II of Public Law 102–190; 10 U.S.C. 2431 note) is amended as follows: (1) Section 232(a) is amended— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking out “while deploying” and inserting in lieu thereof “while developing, and maintaining the option to deploy,”; and (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting “, as appropriate,” before “to friends and allies of the United States”. (2) Section 232(b) is amended— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking out “the Soviet Union” and inserting in lieu thereof “other nuclear weapons states”; and (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) by striking out “the Soviet Union” and inserting in lieu thereof “Russia”; and (ii) by striking out “Treaty, to include the downloading of multiple warhead ballistic missiles” and inserting in lieu thereof “Treaties, to include the downloading of multiple warhead ballistic missiles, as appropriate”. (3) Section 233(b) is amended— (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting “in compliance with the ABM Treaty, including any protocol or amendment thereto” after “for deployment”; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking out “develop for deployment” and inserting in lieu thereof “conduct a research and development program to develop and maintain the option to deploy”; and (C) by striking out paragraph (3). (4) Subsection (c) of section 233 is amended to read as follows: “(c) Presidential Actions.—Congress urges the President to pursue immediate discussions with Russia and other successor states of the former Soviet Union, as appropriate, on the feasibility of, and mutual interest in, amendments to the ABM Treaty to permit— “(1) clarification of the distinctions for the purposes of the ABM Treaty between theater missile defenses and anti-ballistic missile defenses, including interceptors, radars, and other sensors; and “(2) increased use of space-based sensors for direct battle management.”. (5) Section 235 is amended— 107 STAT. 1594 (A) in the section heading, by striking out “STRATEGIC defense initiative” and inserting in lieu thereof “ballistic MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM”; (B) in subsection (a)— (i) by striking out “Strategic Defense Initiative” and inserting in lieu thereof “Ballistic Missile Defense program”; and (ii) by striking out paragraphs (2) and (3) and redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (2); and (C) in subsection (b), by striking out “Strategic Defense Initiative” and inserting in lieu thereof “Ballistic Missile Defense program”. (6) Section 236 is amended— (A) in the section heading, by striking out “SDI” and inserting in lieu thereof “BMD”; (B) by striking out subsections (b) and (c); and (C) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (b) and in paragraph (1) of that subsection by striking out “within the” and all that follows in that paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof “within the Limited Defense System program element.”. (7) Section 238 is amended by striking out “As deployment” and all that follows through “deployment date,” and inserting in lieu thereof “Once development testing of components for a Limited Defense System has begun,”.