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S. 994 (98th)

A bill to prohibit the production of lethal binary chemical munitions by the United States and to call on the President to continue and intensify recently begun efforts in the Committee on Disarmament with the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics and other countries to achieve an agreement establishing a mutual, verifiable ban on the production and stockpiling of chemical weapons.

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Introduced

7 April 1983

Last action

7 April 1983 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Sponsors

Sen. Pryor, David H. [D-AR], Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR], Sen. Hart, Gary W. [D-CO], Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS], Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ], Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN], Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND], Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI], Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD], Sen. Tsongas, Paul E. [D-MA], Sen. Proxmire, William [D-WI], Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME], Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA], Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS], Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT], Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY], Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]

Subjects

Defence

Source updated

14 January 2025

Defence

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Summary

Prohibits U.S. agencies from spending money to produce lethal binary chemical munitions. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should continue and intensify efforts at the Disarmament Talks in Geneva to achieve with the Soviet Union a mutual and verifiable ban on the production and stockpiling of such munitions.

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Timeline

  1. 7 April 1983

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 7 April 1983

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

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