US SR323

Calls on the President to actively pursue a world free of nuclear weapons as a national security imperative and engage in good faith negotiations with all 9 nuclear-armed countries to halt arsenal buildup and pursue verifiable reduction agreements

Urges new arms control arrangements with Russia before the New START treaty expires on February 5, 2026, and engagement with China on mutual nuclear risk reduction measures

Recommends ending the Cold War-era "hair-trigger alert" posture, implementing checks on the President's sole authority to order nuclear weapon use, and leading efforts for all nuclear states to renounce first-use policies

Calls for ending plans to produce and deploy new nuclear warheads and delivery systems, noting CBO estimated nuclear modernization costs at $756 billion for 2023-2032 and over $1.2 trillion over 30 years

Requires full environmental remediation of nuclear weapons contamination, expanded compensation for affected workers and communities under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, and economic transition planning for nuclear weapons workforce and dependent communities