3.0.0 4045 2023-01-11T13:46:10Z 2023-01-11T13:46:10Z Senate S 2020-06-23 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-23T20:27:50Z PLANET Act 116 3886 S 2020-06-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Related bill CRS HALT Act of 2020 116 7260 HR 2020-06-18 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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. Related bill CRS 2020-06-23 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2020-06-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. N F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2020-06-23 True International Affairs Arms control and nonproliferation Asia Computer security and identity theft Congressional oversight Defense spending Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad International law and treaties Military command and structure Military procurement, research, weapons development North Korea Nuclear weapons Russia United Nations International Affairs 00 2020-06-23 Introduced in Senate 2020-07-14T21:57:49Z Hastening Arms Limitations Talks Act of 2020 or the HALT Act of 2020

This bill prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds to conduct an explosive nuclear weapons test that produces yield unless (1) the President details any change to the condition of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile from the previous year, and (2) Congress enacts a joint resolution approving the test.

Further, the bill declares it to be U.S. policy to lead international negotiations on specific arms-reduction measures.

]]> HALT Act of 2020 Display Title HALT Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced HALT Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Hastening Arms Limitations Talks Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to reduce and eliminate threats posed by nuclear weapons to the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4045is/xml/BILLS-116s4045is.xml 2020-06-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 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.