3.0.0 6991 2023-01-11T13:42:50Z 2023-01-11T13:42:50Z House HR 2020-05-22 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 97 (Friday, May 22, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. PANETTA:H.R. 6991.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, clause 18[Page H2278]]]> hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-05-22T15:06:50Z PAUSE Act 116 4304 S 2020-07-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Related bill CRS 2020-05-22 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2020-05-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-05-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000613 Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20] Jimmy Panetta D CA 20 N International Affairs Arms control and nonproliferation Congressional oversight Congressional-executive branch relations International law and treaties Nuclear weapons Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Russia International Affairs 00 2020-05-22 Introduced in House 2021-01-06T17:38:32Z Preventing Actions Undermining Security without Endorsement Act or the PAUSE Act

This bill prohibits any action to terminate or withdraw the United States from an international treaty to which the Senate has given advice and consent to ratification unless specified conditions are met.

Specifically, such withdrawal may not occur unless the Department of Defense and the Department of State submit specific information to Congress and Congress enacts a joint resolution approving such action. The required submissions must include (1) a detailed justification for withdrawal from or termination of the treaty, (2) a certification that all other state parties to the treaty have been consulted with respect to such justification, and (3) a comprehensive strategy to mitigate against lost capacity of benefits from such treaty.

A decision by the President to not renew the treaty between the United States and Russia on measures for the reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms (the New START Treaty) shall be subject to such requirements for up to an additional five years.

]]> PAUSE Act Display Title PAUSE Act Official Title as Introduced To prohibit actions to terminate or withdraw the United States from international treaties without affirmative approval from both Houses of Congress, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced PAUSE Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Preventing Actions Undermining Security without Endorsement Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr6991ih/xml/BILLS-116hr6991ih.xml 2020-05-22 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.