US Congress House Bill 1653 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on March 19 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-04-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act of 2009 - Requires the U.S. Government to: (1) disable and dismantle all its nuclear weapons and refrain from replacing them at any time with weapons of mass destruction; (2) undertake vigorous good faith efforts to eliminate war, armed conflict, and all military operations; (3) actively promote policies to induce all other countries to join in these commitments for world peace and security; and (4) redirect resources that are currently being used for nuclear weapons programs to constructive, ecologically beneficial peacetime activities and to address human and infrastructure needs such as housing, health care, education, agriculture, and environmental restoration. Makes this Act effective when the President certifies to Congress that all foreign countries possessing nuclear weapons have established legal requirements comparable to those set forth in this Act.

Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act of 2009

Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]

Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-04-27		Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
2009-03-19		Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2009-03-19		Referred to House Armed Services
2009-03-19		Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
2009-03-19		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E723-724)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1653/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr1653/BILLS-111hr1653ih.pdf