ARMS CONTROL

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Defense: restrict sale and procurement of certain weapons and ammunition (see S. 4015), S881 [5MR] (see H.R. 7827), H2470 [5MR]

Dept. of State: establish National and Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (see H.R. 8086), H2710 [25MR]

——— include Taiwan among list of recipient countries for which shorter certification and reporting periods apply and expedite licensing for allies transferring military equipment to Taiwan (see H.R. 7146), H924 [16JA]

Israel: disapprove licensing for certain defense articles and services (see S.J. Res. 136), S1367 [19MR]

——— disapprove sale of certain defense articles and services (see S.J. Res. 137, 138), S1367 [19MR]

Taiwan: disapprove sale of certain defense articles and services (see S.J. Res. 101), S16 [5JA]

Ukraine: disapprove sale of certain defense articles and services (see S.J. Res. 108), S610 [12FE]

Weapons: impose sanctions on foreign countries in response to acts concerning chemical or biological programs that cause injury to other foreign countries (see H.R. 7552), H2219 [12FE]

Notices

Proposed sale of defense articles and services: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S39–S46 [6JA], S157 [13JA], S249–S251 [15JA], S335–S338 [28JA], S459–S467 [3FE], S547–S550 [10FE], S878–S880 [5MR], S1040–S1044 [12MR], S1358–S1364 [19MR]

Remarks in House

Nuclear weapons: express support for continued value of arms control agreements and negotiated constraints on Russian and Chinese strategic nuclear forces (H. Res. 100), H806, H807, H809 [14JA]

——— prohibit explosive testing of nuclear weapons conducted by U.S. (H.R. 5894), H809 [14JA]

——— reduce and eliminate threats of such weapons to U.S. (H.R. 6465), H807 [14JA]

——— urge U.S. leadership in global effort to move world back from brink of nuclear war and to halt and reverse nuclear arms race (H. Res. 317), H807 [14JA]

Treaties and agreements: extend New START Treaty, H804–H810 [14JA]

Remarks in Senate

Treaties and agreements: extend New START Treaty, S487 [4FE]

Trump, President: evaluation of administration relative to Iran, S694 [26FE], S720–S728 [2MR]