[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2600 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2600

     To require that the level of long-range nuclear forces of the 
Department of Defense be reduced to 3,500 warheads consistent with the 
                   provisions of the START II treaty.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 1999

    Mr. Wu introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
     To require that the level of long-range nuclear forces of the 
Department of Defense be reduced to 3,500 warheads consistent with the 
                   provisions of the START II treaty.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REDUCTION OF NUMBER OF NUCLEAR WARHEADS IN STRATEGIC FORCES.

    (a) Required Reduction.--Notwithstanding section 1302 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 
105-85) or any other provision of law, the President shall reduce the 
number of nuclear warheads on strategic nuclear delivery systems of the 
Armed Forces to 3,500 warheads by the end of 2003, in accordance with 
the provisions of the START II treaty.
    (b) START II Treaty.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``START II Treaty'' means the treaty referred to in section 1302(f)(2) 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public 
Law 105-85).
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