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118th Congress International Affairs

H.R. 2775: Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act of 2023

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)Apr 20, 2023
  2. Passed House (not reached)
  3. Passed Senate (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in House, Apr 20, 2023

This bill requires the U.S. government to redirect resources away from nuclear weapons if other countries take steps to eliminate such weapons.

Specifically, after the President certifies that all countries possessing nuclear weapons have begun the verifiable and irreversible elimination of such weapons under the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the U.S. government must redirect resources being used for nuclear weapons programs to (1) addressing the climate crisis, (2) addressing human and infrastructure needs, and (3) encouraging other countries to pursue similar goals.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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History

  1. Apr 20, 2023Introduced in the House by Eleanor Norton.
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  1. Apr 20, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Apr 20, 2023Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E340)
  3. Apr 20, 2023Referred 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.