[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 306 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 306

 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should pursue 
negotiations with Russia as quickly as possible to achieve a START III 
    agreement that reduces the number of deployed strategic nuclear 
warheads to the lowest possible level, and no more than 2,000 each for 
                     the United States and Russia.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 4, 1994

  Ms. Furse 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 that the President should pursue 
negotiations with Russia as quickly as possible to achieve a START III 
    agreement that reduces the number of deployed strategic nuclear 
warheads to the lowest possible level, and no more than 2,000 each for 
                     the United States and Russia.

Whereas START I (the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) was signed by Presidents 
        Bush and Gorbachev on July 31, 1991, and START II was signed by 
        Presidents Bush and Yeltsin on January 3, 1993;
Whereas President Yeltsin proposed on January 29, 1992, that the United States 
        and Russia reduce the number of their deployed strategic nuclear 
        warheads to 2,000 to 2,500 each;
Whereas the substantial improvement in relations between the 2 largest nuclear 
        powers in this post-Cold War era offers an opportunity to secure further 
        reductions in nuclear arms, thereby reducing the cost and nuclear risk 
        for the United States, Russia, and the world;
Whereas START III negotiations should begin as soon as possible, since (1) in 
        their September 1994 summit, Presidents Clinton and Yeltsin agreed that, 
        as soon as START II is ratified, the United States and Russia would 
        promptly begin to remove from active service enough nuclear forces to 
        reach START II levels years earlier than the treaty requires, and (2) 
        START III would logically continue the reductions achieved in START I 
        and II;
Whereas section 1611(c) of Public Law 103-160 required the President to report 
        on the implications of the United States and Russia dismantling all 
        tactical nuclear weapons in their arsenals; and
Whereas reductions in the nuclear forces would enable the United States to avoid 
        substantial costs: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That--
            (1) the Congress commends President Clinton and Russian 
        President Yeltsin for agreeing in the summit that was held on 
        September 27 and 28, 1994, that, once START II is ratified, the 
        United States and Russia will proceed to deactivate enough 
        nuclear forces to reach the levels provided in START II years 
        earlier than the treaty requires, and to intensify dialogue 
        regarding the possibility of further reductions of remaining 
        nuclear forces;
            (2) it is the sense of the Congress that the President 
        should pursue negotiations with Russia as quickly as possible 
        to achieve a START III agreement that reduces the number of 
        deployed strategic nuclear warheads to the lowest possible 
        level, but in no case more than 2,000 each for the United 
        States and Russia;
            (3) the President should also discuss, with other countries 
        with nuclear capabilities, the possibility of future 
        negotiations to reduce the levels of nuclear weapons in those 
        countries; and
            (4) the President should initiate negotiations with Russia 
        to seek to dismantle all tactical nuclear weapons in the 
        Russian and United States arsenals.
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