HI SR76

Urges the President of the United States and Congress to immediately decrease military expenditures and reallocate federal funds to environmental and human protection and debt reduction.

Calls for full integration of climate change national security consequences into national security and defense strategies, citing climate change as a threat multiplier that escalates security threats abroad.

Requests the United States commit to stronger national and international roles in global climate stabilization and develop global partnerships to address environmental challenges including industrialization and transnational pollution.

References that the U.S. military budget exceeds the combined expenditures of the next eight nations, and that polls show Americans favor a $41 billion military spending reduction versus the proposed $54 billion increase.

Directs transmission of this resolution to the President, Secretaries of Energy and Defense, and chairs of relevant Senate and House committees on natural resources and armed services.