United States · Bill · SJRES
S.J.Res. 177 (97th)
A joint resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the United States and the Soviet Union should engage in substantial, equitable, and verifiable reductions of their nuclear weapons in a manner which would contribute to peace and stability.
Introduced
30 March 1982
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Status
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered reported an original measure (S.J.Res.212) in lieu of this measure.
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Summary
Declares that the United States should propose to the Soviet Union: (1) a long-term, mutual, and verifiable nuclear forces freeze at equal and sharply reduced levels; and (2) practical measures to reduce the danger of an accidental nuclear war and to prevent the use of nuclear weapons by third parties. States that the United States and the Soviet Union should channel their resources away from amassing nuclear armaments and towards fighting poverty, hunger, and disease. Declares that the United States should continue to work for balanced arms reductions.
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Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 30 March 1982
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/177
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/97/sjres/177