[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 134 (Thursday, August 10, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S12292]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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      THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996

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                        AKAKA AMENDMENT NO. 2346

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. AKAKA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill (S. 1026) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 371, after line 21, add the following:

     SEC. 1062. SENSE OF SENATE REGARDING UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR 
                   TESTING.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) The President of France stated on June 13, 1995, that 
     the Republic of France plans to conduct eight nuclear test 
     explosions over the next several months.
       (2) The People's Republic of China continues to conduct 
     underground nuclear weapons tests.
       (3) The United States, France, Russia, and Great Britain 
     have observed a moratorium of nuclear testing since 1992.
       (4) A resumption of testing by the Republic of France could 
     result in the disintegration of the current testing 
     moratorium and a renewal of underground testing by other 
     nuclear weapon states.
       (5) A resumption of nuclear testing by the Republic of 
     France raises serious environmental and health concerns.
       (6) The United Nations Conference on Disarmament presently 
     is meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, for the purpose of 
     negotiating a Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), 
     which would halt permanently the practice of conducting 
     nuclear test explosions.
       (7) Continued underground weapons testing by the Republic 
     of France and the People's Republic of China undermines the 
     efforts of the international community to conclude a CTBT by 
     1996, a goal endorsed by 175 nations at the recently 
     completed NPT Extension and Review Conference (the conference 
     for the extension and review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation 
     Treaty).
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that the Republic of France and the People's Republic of 
     China should abide by the current international moratorium on 
     nuclear test explosions and refrain from conducting 
     underground nuclear tests in advance of a Comprehensive Test 
     Ban Treaty.
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               SARBANES (AND MIKULSKI) AMENDMENT NO. 2347

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. SARBANES (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) proposed an amendment to 
the bill S. 1026, supra; as follows:

       On page 411, line 6, strike out ``$2,058,579,000'' and 
     insert in lieu thereof ``$2,068,579,000''
       On page 412, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       (7) For the construction of the Large Anechoic Chamber, 
     Phase I, at the Patuxent River Naval Warfare Center, 
     Maryland, authorized by section 2201(a) of the Military 
     Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public 
     Law 102-484), as amended by section 2702 of this Act, 
     $10,000,000.

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