A concurrent resolution calling for support for the President's efforts to develop strategic defensive systems to make nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.

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Introduced

24 March 1983

Last action

15 November 1983 · Committee

Status

Executive Comment Requested from DOD, State, Arms Control & Disarm Agcy.

Sponsors

Rep. Kramer, Ken [R-CO-5], Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2], Rep. Daniel, W. C. (Dan) [D-VA-5], Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4], Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52], Rep. Gingrich, Newt [R-GA-6], Rep. Hillis, Elwood H. [R-IN-5], Rep. Crane, Daniel B. [R-IL-19], Rep. McDonald, Lawrence P. [D-GA-7], Rep. Hansen, James V. [R-UT-1], Rep. Stump, Bob [R-AZ-3], Rep. Moore, W. Henson [R-LA-6], Rep. Nichols, Bill [D-AL-3], Rep. Cheney, Dick [R-WY-At Large], Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS], Rep. Wortley, George C. [R-NY-27], Rep. Badham, Robert E. [R-CA-40], Rep. Kasich, John R. [R-OH-12], Rep. Bateman, Herbert H. [R-VA-1], Rep. Corcoran, Tom [R-IL-14], Rep. Kemp, Jack [R-NY-31], Rep. Winn, Larry, Jr. [R-KS-3], Rep. Skeen, Joe [R-NM-2], Rep. Franklin, William W. [R-MS-2], Rep. Rudd, Eldon D. [R-AZ-4], Rep. Lagomarsino, Robert J. [R-CA-19], Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22], Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9], Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]

Subjects

Defence

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Summary

Declares that the Congress: (1) supports the President's call for a more humane and ethical strategic policy for the United States; (2) supports the President's efforts to develop strategic defensive systems to reduce dependence on the threat of nuclear retaliation; (3) commends the President for his initiative to develop new arms-control policies; and (4) supports the President's call for a technological and scientific effort to develop the means of rendering nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.

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Timeline

24 March 1983
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
24 March 1983
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
24 March 1983
Introduced
Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Source: IntroReferral
31 March 1983
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs.
Source: Committee
7 April 1983
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Research and Development.
Source: Committee
7 April 1983
Committee
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Source: Committee
15 November 1983
Committee
Executive Comment Requested from DOD, State, Arms Control & Disarm Agcy.
Source: Committee

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/98
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