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US HR317
Resolution
Status
4/9/2025
Primary Sponsor
James McGovern
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AI Summary
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Calls on the President to actively pursue a nuclear-free world as a national security imperative and engage in good faith negotiations with the 8 other nuclear-armed states to halt arsenal buildup and pursue verifiable disarmament agreements
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Urges new arms control arrangements with Russia to prevent nuclear force expansion beyond current levels before the New START treaty expires on February 5, 2026, and engagement with China on mutual risk reduction
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Recommends ending the Cold War-era "hair-trigger alert" posture, implementing checks on the President's sole authority to order nuclear weapons use, and having all nuclear-armed states renounce first-use options
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Calls for ending plans to produce and deploy new nuclear warheads and delivery systems, noting CBO estimates of $756 billion in modernization costs for 2023-2032 and over $1.2 trillion over 30 years
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Seeks protections for communities and workers affected by nuclear weapons through environmental remediation, expanded Radiation Exposure Compensation Act programs, and economic transition planning for those in nuclear weapons-related jobs
Legislative Description
Urging the United States to lead the world back from the brink of nuclear war and halt and reverse the nuclear arms race.
International affairs
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
4/9/2025