A joint resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the United States should promote the goal of strategic stability and reduce the risk of nuclear war through a balanced program of force modernization together with negotiations to achieve substantial, verifiable and militarily significant reductions to equal levels in the nuclear arsenals of both superpowers.

Summary

Declares that the United States should: (1) pursue a program of strategic nuclear-force modernization; (2) seek to preserve balanced force capabilities through force modernization and arms-reduction negotiations; (3) continue to pursue negotiated mutual and verifiable reductions in the nuclear arsenals of both superpowers; and (4) agree to arms reductions within the framework of the present START and INF negotiations.

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Timeline

1. 24 March 1983

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 24 March 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 21 June 1983

   Committee

   Committee on Foreign Relations. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

4. 22 June 1983

   Committee

   Committee on Foreign Relations. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

5. 23 June 1983

   Committee

   Committee on Foreign Relations. Hearings concluded. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-174 Pt.2.

   Source: Committee

6. 2 August 1983

   Committee

   Committee on Foreign Relations. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held.

   Source: Committee

7. 20 September 1983

   Reported

   Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered reported an original joint resolution (S.J.Res. 185) in lieu of this measure.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 24 March 1983

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Garn, E. J. (Jake) [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Armstrong, William L. [R-CO] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Laxalt, Paul D. [R-NV] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Denton, Jeremiah [R-AL] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] · R · Cosponsor
• · ssfr00 · Standing

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