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House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

To declare it to be the policy of the United States to deploy a national missile defense.

H.R. 4402Introduced Aug 5, 1998Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsor: Rep. Curt Weldon R-PA
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Where it went

Latest action: Aug 5, 1998 — Referred to House International Relations

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

64 cosponsors — 42 Republicans, 22 Democrats

24 of 64 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Dick Armey (R-TX), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Marion Berry (D-AR), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Cooksey (R-LA), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Norman Dicks (D-WA), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Chet Edwards (D-TX), Phil English (R-PA), Terry Everett (R-AL), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Tillie Fowler (R-FL), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Porter Goss (R-FL), Kay Granger (R-TX), Ralph Hall (R-TX) and 34 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Curt Weldon.

Sponsor’s state and district

Pennsylvania in Congress · PA-7 district

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Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.