Recognizing the dangers posed by nuclear weapons and calling on the President to engage in nonproliferation strategies designed to eliminate these weapons of mass destrustion from United States and worldwide arsenals.

1/16/2007--Introduced.
Requests the President to inform Congress and the Secretary General of the United Nations regarding U.S. efforts and measures taken with respect to implementation and observance of Article VI of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and certain U.N. resolutions calling for U.S. and world nuclear disarmament. Calls on the President to implement and observe all NPT obligations and commitments and to revise national policies on nuclear weapons accordingly. Urges the President, in the interests of protecting and advancing human, national, and global security, to:
(1) declare that the United States will not use nuclear weapons first, and that pending their elimination, such weapons serve only to deter a nuclear attack by a hostile state or other entity;
(2) initiate and conclude multilateral negotiations on verifiable steps nuclear states shall take to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons;
(3) cooperate with the Russian Federation to remove from deployment nuclear weapons that are operational;
(4) reaffirm the moratorium on nuclear testing and work for ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty;
(5) terminate all efforts to enhance U.S. military capabilities of the U.S. nuclear arsenal and to develop ballistic missile defenses; and
(6) support initiatives to ban weapons in outer space.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
• and 20 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]
  • Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
  • Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D, CT-3]
  • Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
  • Rep. Sam Farr [D, CA-17]
  • Rep. Chaka Fattah [D, PA-2]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Rush Holt [D, NJ-12]
  • Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
  • Rep. Eddie Johnson [D, TX-30]
  • Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
  • Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]
  • Rep. Edward Markey [D, MA-7]
  • Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. José Serrano [D, NY-16]
  • Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13]
  • Rep. Maxine Waters [D, CA-35]
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Committees

• House Armed Services
• 2 more
  • House Foreign Affairs
  • House Foreign Affairs
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January 16, 2007

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• Feb 05, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
• Introduced on Jan 16, 2007.
• Jan 16, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Jan 16, 2007: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
• Jan 16, 2007: Referred to House Armed Services

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October 17, 2007 portland imc - 2007.10.18 - my basic Ron Paul hate letter

H.Res. 68 is a bill that calls on President Bush to issue a report indicating the means by which the United States will meet its numerous, legally-binding treaty obligations. Asking the president to obey the law seems like a no-brainer, ...

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February 19, 2007 Foreign Policy In Focus | The Audacity of Rearmament: Complex 2030

Lynn Woolsey (D-CA-6) just introduced legislation (H.Res. 68) that calls on President Bush “to eliminate...weapons of mass destruction from United States and worldwide arsenals,” and Rep. Jim Matheson’s (D-UT-2) office plans to ...

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