Pub. L. 101-165, tit. IX, sec. 9070

Sec. 9070. (a) Congress makes the following findings— (1) The United States Government relies on satellites for communications, early warning of attack, monitoring compliance with arms control agreements, and many other vital national security functions; (2) Such satellites constitute vital integral parts of many United States weapons systems, command, control and communications systems, and other military systems; (3) It is essential to the national security of the United States that United States Government satellites not be vulnerable to anti-satellite attacks; (4) It is in the national security interests of the United States and its allies to deter the development and testing of anti-satellite weapons by the Soviet Union; (5) It is in the national security interests of the United States to undertake a balanced response to Soviet anti-satellite capabilities, which includes a measured AS AT program; (6) Key agencies of the Executive Branch are examining options for specific anti-satellite arms control measures; Therefore: (b) (1) The Executive Branch should conclude its examination of specific anti-satellite arms control options and rules of the road for space activities without delay, and include its recommendations and conclusions from this examination in the report to Congress already required by the Conference Report on the Fiscal Year 1989 Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act; (2) The President shall—with a view toward considering how to improve United States ASAT arms control monitoring capabilities—assess the national security implications for the United States of a mutual deployment of cooperative monitoring and verification technologies; the results of such assessment shall be included in the above-mentioned report; (3) As soon as practicable, the President should take advantage of the forum provided by the ongoing Defense and Space Talks with the Soviet Union to explore—consistent with the conclusions of the above-mentioned report—adequately verifiable limitations on the development, testing, production, and deployment of weapons capable of directly threatening United States military satellites.