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.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 5, 1998
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- Passed Senate—
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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.
- H.R. 2786 (105th) Theater Missile Defense Improvement Act of 1998
- H.Res. 98 (105th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to limits in any bilateral or multilateral agreement on certain missile…
- H.R. 3764 (105th) Rescue and Emergency Services Prepared for Our Nation's Defense Act
- H.Res. 571 (105th) Expressing sympathy to the family and colleagues of Lev Yakovlevich Rokhlin, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that…
- H.R. 3746 (105th) To authorize the addition of the Paoli Battlefield site in Malvern, Pennsylvania, to the Valley Forge National Historical Park, and for…
- H.Res. 41 (105th) Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a Citizens' Commission on Congressional Ethics, and for other purposes.
Sponsor’s state and district
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.