Sec. 232. REPORTS ON BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT POSED BY NORTH KOREA

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## SEC. 232 REPORTS ON BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT POSED BY NORTH KOREA ###

(a)Report On Ballistic Missile Threat Not later than two weeks after the next flight test by North Korea of a long-range ballistic missile, the President shall submit to Congress, in classified and unclassified form, a report on the North Korean ballistic missile threat to the United States. The report shall include the following: ####

(1)An assessment of the current North Korean missile threat to the United States. ####

(2)An assessment of whether the United States is capable of defeating the North Korean long-range missile threat to the United States as of the date of the report. ####

(3)An assessment of when the United States will be capable of defeating the North Korean missile threat to the United States. ####

(4)An assessment of the potential for proliferation of North Korean missile technologies to other states and whether such proliferation will accelerate the development of additional long-range ballistic missile threats to the United States. ###

(b)Report on Reducing Vulnerability Not later than two weeks after the next flight test by North Korea of a long-range ballistic missile, the President shall submit to Congress a report providing the following: ####

(1)Any additional steps the President intends to take to reduce the period of time during which the Nation is vulnerable to the North Korean long-range ballistic missile threat. ####

(2)The technical and programmatic viability of testing any other missile defense systems against targets with flight characteristics similar to the North Korean long-range missile threat, and plans to do so if such tests are considered to be a viable alternative. ###

(c)Definition For purposes of this section, the term “**United States**”, when used in a geographic sense, means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and any Commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.