Bill Text: IL HR0877 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges congressional representatives to take steps to establish a system of check and balances with regard to the first use of nuclear weapons.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HR0877 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0877-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The President currently has the sole authority to | ||||||
3 | launch a nuclear attack without any required consultation or | ||||||
4 | any system of checks and balances; and
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5 | WHEREAS, The first use of nuclear weapons against any other | ||||||
6 | nuclear-armed nation would result in retaliation and invite the | ||||||
7 | near total destruction of Illinois and any other state; and
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8 | WHEREAS, A single nuclear detonation comparable to those | ||||||
9 | dropped during World War II would cause upwards of 164,750 | ||||||
10 | fatalities and 204,410 injuries if detonated in Chicago, 14, | ||||||
11 | 050 fatalities and 32,860 injuries if detonated in Springfield, | ||||||
12 | 32,270 fatalities and 42,620 injuries if detonated in | ||||||
13 | Champaign, 6,350 fatalities and 5,620 injuries if detonated in | ||||||
14 | Mount Vernon, and 2,130 fatalities and 630 injuries if | ||||||
15 | detonated in Cairo; and
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16 | WHEREAS, The citizens of Illinois have the right to live a | ||||||
17 | life free from the threat of the reckless use of nuclear | ||||||
18 | weapons; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Use and detonation of even a small number of | ||||||
20 | nuclear weapons would have catastrophic human, environmental, | ||||||
21 | and economic consequences globally and would impact everyone on |
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1 | the planet; therefore, be it
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2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
3 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that our | ||||||
4 | congressional representatives should take all necessary steps | ||||||
5 | to establish a system of checks and balances with regard to the | ||||||
6 | first use of nuclear weapons and to ensure that the President | ||||||
7 | shall no longer have the sole and unchecked authority to launch | ||||||
8 | nuclear weapons, except in circumstances of retaliation.
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