CONGRESS PASSED THE BILL H.R. 3979 THAT CALLS FOR JAPAN AND S KOREA TO WORK UNDER AN UMBRILLA MISSILE DEFENSE TO THWART THE THREAT FROM THE KIM N. KOREA–AS THE BILL AWAITS PASSAGE RESOLVING DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND SENATE

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that calls for greater missile defense cooperation with South Korea and Japan against threats from North Korea.
The legislation, H.R.3979, calls for the secretary of defense to conduct an assessment to identify opportunities for increasing missile defense cooperation with the two allies and evaluate options for enhanced short-range missile, rocket, and artillery defense capabilities to address threats from the Korean Peninsula.
The bill passed the House on Thursday last week and awaits approval from the Senate.
"It is the sense of Congress that increased cooperation on missile defense among the United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea would enhance the security of allies of the United States in Northeast Asia, increase the defense of forward-based forces of the United States, and enhance the protection of the United States with regard to threats from the Korean Peninsula," the legislation said.

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H.R.3979 - Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015

Latest Action:
12/08/2014 Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3979/amendments?page=1

SEC. 1255. MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION IN NORTHEAST ASIA.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that increased 
cooperation on missile defense among the United States, Japan, and the 
Republic of Korea would enhance the security of allies of the United 
States in Northeast Asia, increase the defense of forward-based forces 
of the United States, and enhance the protection of the United States 
with regard to threats from the Korean Peninsula.
    (b) Assessment Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct an 
assessment to identify opportunities for increasing missile defense 
cooperation among the United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea, 
and to evaluate options for enhanced short-range missile, rocket, and 
artillery defense capabilities to address threats from the Korean 
Peninsula.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3979/text