[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 130 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 130

 Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the formulation of an 
              arms security policy for the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 1993

 Mr. Conyers submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the formulation of an 
              arms security policy for the United States.

    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The post-cold war world demands a drastic reevaluation 
        of what means are necessary for the common defense of the 
        United States.
            (2) Significant progress has been made in inspection and 
        verification processes relating to conventional and 
        nonconventional weapons and related technology, but curbing the 
        continuing proliferation of such weapons and technology 
        requires further adjustments in policy.
            (3) Article 6 of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of 
        Nuclear Weapons (1970) mandates that ``Each of the Parties to 
        the Treaty undertakes to pursue negotiations in good faith on 
        effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms 
        race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament, and on a 
        treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict and 
        effective international control.''.
            (4) The United States is signatory to such Treaty and to 
        the following treaties and agreements that commit the United 
        States to negotiating an agreement for general and complete 
        disarmament: The Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the 
        Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water (1963), Additional 
        Protocol I (1981) and Additional Protocol II (1971) to the 
        Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America, 
        the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union 
        of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-
        Ballistic Missile Systems (1972), the Treaty Between the United 
        States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 
        on the Limitation of Underground Nuclear Weapon Tests (1974), 
        the Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any other 
        Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques (1978), 
        and the Treaty Between the United States and the Union of 
        Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Strategic 
        Offensive Arms (1979).
            (5) Article VI, section 2, of the United States 
        Constitution gives the aforementioned treaties and agreements 
        the force of law in the United States.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING FORMULATION OF ARMS SECURITY 
              POLICY FOR THE UNITED STATES.

    It is the sense of the Congress that the Director of the United 
States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, in consultation with the 
heads of appropriate Federal agencies and after opportunity for public 
comment, should formulate an arms security policy for the United States 
that--
            (1) is consistent with the legal commitment of the United 
        States to general and complete disarmament of conventional and 
        nonconventional weapons and related technology;
            (2) will serve as the basis for entering into multilateral 
        negotiations to conclude treaties and agreements relating to 
        such general and complete disarmament; and
            (3) gives the highest priority to developing effective 
        mechanisms for the non-violent resolution of disputes relating 
        to conventional and nonconventional weapons and related 
        technology as an alternative to war.

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