HJRES 68 · 99th Congress · International Affairs

A joint resolution calling for a mutual and verifiable freeze on and reductions in nuclear weapons.

Introduced 1985-01-07· Sponsored by Rep. Neal, Stephen L. [D-NC-5]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science.(1985-02-07)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] States that the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) between the United States and the Soviet Union should: (1) pursue a complete halt to the nuclear arms race; (2) decide when and how to achieve a mutual verifiable freeze on the testing, production, and further deployment of nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems; (3) give special attention to destabilizing weapons; (4) provide for cooperative measures of verification, including on-site inspection, to complement National Technical Means of verification and to ensure compliance; (5) pursue reductions through numerical ceilings and other means; (6) preserve present limitations and controls on the current nuclear delivery systems; and (7) incorporate ongoing negotiations in Geneva on land-based intermediate-range nuclear missiles into the START negotiations. Requires that every effort be made to reach common positions with the NATO allies.…

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Cosponsors (2)

2 Democrats