Sec. 234. LIMITATION ON FLIGHT TESTS OF CERTAIN MISSILES

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## SEC. 234 LIMITATION ON FLIGHT TESTS OF CERTAIN MISSILES ###

(a)Limitation The Secretary of Defense may not conduct the launch of a target ballistic missile as part of the theater missile defense extended range test program if an anticipated result of the launch of that target missile under that test program would be release of debris in a land area of the United States outside a designated Department of Defense test range or an extension thereof in force as of July 1, 1994. ###

(b)Definition of Debris For purposes of subsection (a), the term “**debris**” does not include particulate matter that is regulated for considerations of air quality. ###

(c)Certain Testing Unaffected Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting or limiting testing of cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or precision-guided munitions. ###

(d)Expiration of Limitation The limitation in subsection

(a)shall expire on the later of— ####

(1)June 30, 1995; or ####

(2)the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date of the publication by the Secretary of Defense of the Final Environmental Impact Statement on the Theater Missile Defense Extended Test Range.