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HJM013........................................by TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE
NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM - Stating findings of the Legislature and
requesting our elected representatives in the Congress of the United States
to support and vote for the implementation of a national missile defense
system.
01/23 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/24 Rpt prt - to Transp
01/29 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
Rls susp - ADOPTED, voice vote
Title apvd - to Senate
01/30 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
02/04 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
02/06 10th ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
Title apvd - to House
02/07 To enrol
02/08 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
02/11 Pres signed
02/12 To Secretary of State
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2002
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 13
BY TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE
1 A JOINT MEMORIAL
2 TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS
3 ASSEMBLED, AND TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF
4 IDAHO IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
5 We, your Memorialists, the House of Representatives and the Senate of the
6 State of Idaho assembled in the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-sixth
7 Idaho Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that:
8 WHEREAS, the 1972 Antiballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty was signed with a
9 nation that no longer exists; and
10 WHEREAS, an increasing number of nations, including China, North Korea,
11 Iran and Iraq, either currently possess the capability to launch missile
12 attacks against the United States or its allies, or are working to obtain that
13 capability; and
14 WHEREAS, due in part to advances in technology, the possibility that a
15 missile bearing a weapon of mass destruction will be used against United
16 States forces or interests is higher today than it was during most of the Cold
17 War; and
18 WHEREAS, terrorist groups, not just states, have the means to buy ballis-
19 tic missiles; and
20 WHEREAS, while systems are in place to thwart terrorism, the nation still
21 has no defense against missile attack; and
22 WHEREAS, the Cold War policy of "mutual assured destruction" embodied in
23 arms control treaties is not sufficient to deter terrorist missile attacks;
24 and
25 WHEREAS, defending against a missile attack is the government's moral
26 obligation.
27 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses-
28 sion of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and
29 the Senate concurring therein, that we request our elected representatives in
30 the Congress of the United States to support and vote for the implementation
31 of a national missile defense system.
32 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the House of Representa-
33 tives be, and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this
34 Memorial to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Repre-
35 sentatives of Congress, and the congressional delegation representing the
36 State of Idaho in the Congress of the United States.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 11685
The Idaho Legislature finds that the 1972 Anti Ballistic Missile
Treaty is not adequate to protect this nation from long range
ballistic missiles in a world where terrorist groups may have
access to such missiles. We request our congressional delegation
to support and vote for a national missile defense system.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact from this proposal.
Contact
Name: Representative Wood
Phone: 332-1212
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE HJM 13