[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 54 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 54

    Commending President Bush on conclusion of the START II Treaty.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 2 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

    Mr. McCain (for himself, Mr. Dole, and Mr. Lugar) submitted the 
 following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                               Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Commending President Bush on conclusion of the START II Treaty.

Whereas on January 3, 1993, President George Bush and President Boris Yeltsin 
        signed the Treaty on Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic 
        Offensive Arms (START II);
Whereas, as a result of the implementation of the START I and START II treaties, 
        the immediate threat of nuclear war will be reduced by creating a more 
        stable mix of nuclear weapons between the world's two foremost nuclear 
        powers;
Whereas the START treaties will eliminate heavy ICBMs and multiple-warhead 
        ICBMs, weapons which have long been the most destabilizing weapons 
        associated with the East-West arms race;
Whereas the threat of a first strike in the event of renewed hostilities with 
        the former Soviet Union would be greatly reduced;
Whereas nuclear weapons remain a central element of United States force 
        structure and an essential element of its national security;
Whereas the START II Treaty allows the United States to maintain its nuclear 
        triad with a more stable mix of weapons while maintaining United States 
        security in the event of political instability in Russia; and
Whereas the START II Treaty continues the stringent verification regime of the 
        first START agreement, thereby reducing the risk of conscious Russian 
        noncompliance: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) commends George Bush on the successful conclusion of 
        the START II Treaty;
            (2) having received the START II Treaty from the President, 
        intends to take up the Treaty at the earliest possible moment 
        in pursuit of its Constitutional duty to advise and consent to 
        the ratification of treaties;
            (3) calls on President Clinton to encourage ratification of 
        START II by the Russian Parliament;
            (4) calls on President Clinton to encourage the 
        ratification of START I by the parliaments of Belarus and 
        Ukraine; and
            (5) calls on President Clinton to support appropriate forms 
        and levels of assistance to the republics of the former Soviet 
        Union as a means to secure the timely implementation of the 
        START I and START II treaties.

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