S 994 · 98th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

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.

Introduced 1983-04-07· Sponsored by Sen. Pryor, David H. [D-AR]· Senate

Bill Progress

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Committee
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.(1983-04-07)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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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Cosponsors (17)

12 Democrats5 Republicans