IL HR0676

Nine nations possess a combined nuclear arsenal of over 14,000 weapons with destructive power far exceeding the atomic bombs used in Japan in 1945

Calls upon the U.S. government to embrace the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and make global nuclear disarmament the centerpiece of national security policy

Urges the U.S. government to renounce first-use of nuclear weapons, eliminate sole presidential authority to launch nuclear attacks, and remove nuclear weapons from hair-trigger alert status

Requests the U.S. government cancel plans to replace its nuclear arsenal with enhanced weapons and actively pursue verifiable nuclear disarmament agreements among nuclear-armed states

Directs copies of the resolution be delivered to the President, Congressional leadership, and all members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation