[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1358 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1358

   Recognizing the contribution made by the James Martin Center for 
  Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International 
Studies to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction by training 
 the next generation of nonproliferation specialists and disseminating 
                    timely information and analysis.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 13, 2010

 Mr. Farr (for himself, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Levin, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. 
 Thompson of California, Ms. Matsui, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. George Miller of 
  California, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. McNerney, Ms. 
Speier, Mr. Stark, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Honda, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, 
    Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Costa, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Waxman, Mr. 
 Becerra, Ms. Chu, Ms. Watson, Ms. Waters, Ms. Harman, Ms. Richardson, 
  Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Baca, Mr. Rohrabacher, Ms. 
 Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. Issa, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Filner, and 
Mrs. Davis of California) submitted the following resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Recognizing the contribution made by the James Martin Center for 
  Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International 
Studies to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction by training 
 the next generation of nonproliferation specialists and disseminating 
                    timely information and analysis.

Whereas the national security of the United States is enhanced by reducing the 
        role and numbers of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass 
        destruction;
Whereas in Prague, Czech Republic, on April 13, 2009, the United States called 
        for a new international effort to secure all vulnerable nuclear 
        materials around the world in four years and proposed a comprehensive 
        agenda to reduce the global nuclear arsenal and stop the spread of 
        nuclear weapons to achieve the ultimate goal of a world without nuclear 
        weapons;
Whereas the United Nations Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 1887 
        endorsing this comprehensive agenda, including the goal of securing all 
        nuclear materials;
Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 1887 reaffirmed that the 
        proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and their means of 
        delivery, constitutes a threat to international peace and security;
Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 1887 called for further 
        progress on all aspects of disarmament to enhance global security;
Whereas President Barack Obama stated in his opening remarks to the Plenary 
        Session of the April 2010 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, DC, 
        ``Two decades after the end of the Cold War, we face a cruel irony of 
        history--the risk of a nuclear confrontation between nations has gone 
        down, but the risk of nuclear attack has gone up'';
Whereas Russia and the United States possess 95 percent of the world's nuclear 
        warheads and enhancing their own security and demonstrating their 
        commitment to reducing nuclear weapons globally is a key element of 
        strengthening the global stand against Iran and other proliferators;
Whereas the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty cuts the deployed weapons limits 
        of Russian and United States nuclear weapons by 30 percent;
Whereas the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty relies on human resources 
        educated and trained in the policy and practice of nonproliferation of 
        weapons of mass destruction;
Whereas a trained, educated, capable cadre of academics and practitioners are 
        necessary to reduce the risk of the proliferation of weapons of mass 
        destruction and improve the global capacity to eliminate nuclear 
        weapons;
Whereas Dr. William Potter established the James Martin Center for 
        Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International 
        Studies in 1989 with a handful of Institute students and today has over 
        50 graduate student research assistants and a full-time staff of more 
        than 40 specialists located in offices in Monterey, Washington, DC, and 
        Almaty, Kazakhstan;
Whereas since its founding, the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies 
        at the Monterey Institute of International Studies has worked to reduce 
        the threat posed by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and 
        to educate and build communities of nonproliferation specialists 
        worldwide;
Whereas the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey 
        Institute of International Studies strives to combat the spread of 
        weapons of mass destruction by training the next generation of 
        nonproliferation specialists and disseminating timely information and 
        analysis;
Whereas the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey 
        Institute of International Studies is the largest nongovernmental 
        organization in the United States devoted exclusively to research and 
        training on nonproliferation issues;
Whereas the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey 
        Institute of International Studies publishes the highly influential 
        refereed journal, ``The Nonproliferation Review'', concerned with the 
        causes, consequences, and control of the spread of nuclear, chemical, 
        biological, and conventional weapons;
Whereas, on May 6, 2010, Deputy Director Leonard S. Spector of the James Martin 
        Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of 
        International Studies testified before the House Subcommittee on 
        Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade in a hearing entitled ``The Future 
        of U.S. International Nuclear Cooperation'';
Whereas for two decades, published reports, analyses, and public testimony from 
        the specialists at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies 
        have informed nonproliferation policy as well as broader United States 
        foreign policymaking; and
Whereas the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey 
        Institute of International Studies consists of interrelated activities 
        organized to address five major areas of concern to nonproliferation, 
        including the Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Program, 
        the East Asia Nonproliferation Program, the Education Program, the 
        International Organizations and Nonproliferation Program, and the Newly 
        Independent States Nonproliferation Program: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes the contribution made by the James Martin 
        Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute 
        of International Studies to combat the spread of weapons of 
        mass destruction by training the next generation of 
        nonproliferation specialists and disseminating timely 
        information and analysis; and
            (2) commends the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation 
        Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies on 
        its 20th anniversary.
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