Calling for an end to the threat of nuclear destruction.

Summary

Calls upon the President of the United States and the Government of Russia to fulfill their commitments under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons to work with the other nuclear powers toward eliminating nuclear weapons in stages that are subjected to careful inspection and verification. Calls for the United States to: (1) renounce the first use of nuclear weapons and permanently end the development, testing, and production of nuclear weapons; (2) seek an agreement with Russia that provides for the mutual and verified destruction of nuclear weapons that are withdrawn under signed treaties and that increases resources to secure and implement the destruction of nuclear warheads and material; (3) strengthen non-proliferation efforts by ratifying the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, by refraining from providing nuclear reactor technologies that can be exploited for nuclear weapons purposes to North Korea and urging Russia to refrain from providing such technologies to Iran, by supporting United Nations inspections of suspected nuclear weapons facilities and nuclear weapons materials in Iraq, and by participating in locating and reducing fissile material worldwide and negotiating a ban on its production; (4) enter into an agreement with the other nuclear powers to take nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert, thereby reducing the risk of accidental or unauthorized use and preparing for the ultimate elimination of the warheads; and (5) initiate talks on further reductions of nuclear weapons.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

1. 11 June 2002

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 11 June 2002

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 11 June 2002

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

• Introduced in House · 11 June 2002 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 11 June 2002

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 11 June 2002

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 11 June 2002

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] · D · Sponsor
• Barbara Lee · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] · I · Sponsor
• Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11] · D · Sponsor
• CAROLYN MALONEY · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hoeffel, Joseph M. [D-PA-13] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] · D · Cosponsor
• PETER DEFAZIO · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Delahunt, Bill [D-MA-10] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20] · D · Cosponsor
• Anna Eshoo · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] · D · Cosponsor
• · hsfa00 · Standing

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.