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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1059 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Senate should 

act swiftly and expeditiously to give its advice and consent to ratification 

of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 28, 2006 

Mrs. TAUSCHER (for herself, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. FARR, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. 

LEACH, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. STARK, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, 

Mr. ALLEN, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. 

SKELTON, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. LEE, Mr. DOGGETT, 

Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Ms. PELOSI, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, and Mr. MCGOVERN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 

the Senate should act swiftly and expeditiously to give 

its advice and consent to ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. 

Whereas securing a global nuclear test ban has been a central 

arms control objective for more than 40 years; 

Whereas on September 10, 1996, the United Nations approved the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty; 

Whereas on September 24, 1996, the United States signed 

the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty at the United Nations; 


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Whereas 176 nations have signed the Comprehensive Test 

Ban Treaty so far, including Russia, China, the United 

Kingdom, France, and Israel; 

Whereas 135 nations have ratified the Comprehensive Test 

Ban Treaty, including all of the NATO partners of the 

United States; 

Whereas 10 states, including the United States must still ratify the Treaty for it to enter into force; 

Whereas the United States commitment to conclude the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty was a pivotal factor in gaining international support for the indefinite extension of 

the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 

the cornerstone of the nonproliferation regime; 

Whereas the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty will strengthen 

the global norm against nuclear testing, reinforce the 

nonproliferation regime, and thereby help efforts by the 

United States to stop the spread of nuclear weapons to 

additional nations or groups; 

Whereas by verifiably prohibiting ‘‘any nuclear weapon test 

explosion or any other nuclear explosion,’’ the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty would help constrain the development of new types of nuclear warheads by existing 

nuclear-weapon states—including China, Russia, India, 

and Pakistan—and impede the development of smaller, 

more easily deliverable warheads by would-be nuclear 

weapon states; 

Whereas independent nuclear weapons experts, including a 

National Academy of Sciences Panel in 2002, believe that 

the United States has the technical capabilities to maintain confidence in the safety and reliability of its existing 

nuclear-weapon stockpile under a test ban, if adequate 


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resources are made available to the Department of Energy’s nuclear weapon complex and are properly focused on 

this task; 

Whereas the National Academy of Sciences panel, which included 3 former lab directors, found that age-related defects mainly related to non-nuclear components can be 

expected, but that ‘‘nuclear testing is not needed to discover these problems and is not likely to be needed to address them’’; 

Whereas, since 1992, the United States has observed a moratorium on nuclear testing; 

Whereas, for each of the last 10 years, the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Energy have formally certified to 

the President that the United States nuclear stockpile 

continues to be safe and reliable without nuclear testing; 

Whereas the entry into force of the Comprehensive Test Ban 

Treaty is essential to realizing the full benefits of the 

Treaty’s extensive international monitoring system and 

on-site inspection capabilities, which enhance the national 

security of the United States; and 

Whereas the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty remains on the 

executive calendar of the United States Senate: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that the Senate should act swiftly and expedi3 tiously to give its advice and consent to ratification of the 

4 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. 

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