[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1653 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1653

     To provide for nuclear disarmament and economic conversion in 
 accordance with District of Columbia Initiative Measure Number 37 of 
                                 1992.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 19, 2009

  Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was 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

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                                 A BILL


 
     To provide for nuclear disarmament and economic conversion in 
 accordance with District of Columbia Initiative Measure Number 37 of 
                                 1992.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Disarmament and Economic 
Conversion Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AND ECONOMIC CONVERSION.

    The United States Government shall--
            (1) disable and dismantle all its nuclear weapons and 
        refrain from replacing them at any time with any weapons of 
        mass destruction;
            (2) redirect resources that are currently being used for 
        nuclear weapons programs to use--
                    (A) in converting all nuclear weapons industry 
                employees, processes, plants, and programs smoothly to 
                constructive, ecologically beneficial peacetime 
                activities during the 3 years following the effective 
                date of this Act, and
                    (B) in addressing human and infrastructure needs 
                such as housing, health care, education, agriculture, 
                and environmental restoration, including alternative 
                fuel sources;
            (3) undertake vigorous good faith efforts to eliminate war, 
        armed conflict, and all military operations; and
            (4) actively promote policies to induce all other countries 
        to join in these commitments for world peace and security.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect when the President certifies to the 
Congress that all foreign countries possessing nuclear weapons have 
established legal requirements comparable to those set forth in section 
2 and those requirements have taken effect.
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