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[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 866 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 866

       Entitled, ``United States-Japan Partnership Act of 1993''.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 1993

  Mr. Stark introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
       Entitled, ``United States-Japan Partnership Act of 1993''.

    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 ``United States-Japan Partnership Act 
of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 
        of 1968 calls for an end to the nuclear arms race and an 
        abolition of all nuclear weapons at an early date;
            (2) pursuing a policy of significant and continuous 
        reductions in the nuclear arsenals of all countries will help 
        reduce the likelihood of nuclear proliferation;
            (3) with the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the 
        Soviet Union, nuclear proliferation is now the leading threat 
        to United States national security;
            (4) the revelations of Iraq's clandestine nuclear weapons 
        program demonstrate the necessity of strengthening 
        international measures to prevent nuclear proliferation;
            (5) Japan is the only nation that has endured the nightmare 
        of nuclear explosions;
            (6) Japan has a consistently strong record of upholding the 
        Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons of 1968 and 
        has made important contributions to International Atomic Energy 
        Agency safeguards and to addressing proliferation threats 
        through diplomatic initiatives;
            (7) 1995 is the 50th anniversary of the founding of the 
        United Nations, the 50th remembrance of the destruction of 
        Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the 50th anniversary of the end of 
        World War II, and the date for the extension conference for the 
        Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons of 1968; and
            (8) it is appropriate to mark these anniversaries with a 
        rededication to the cause of peace.

SEC. 3. UNITED STATES POLICY.

    The United States, in consultation with Japan, and other nuclear 
and nonnuclear weapon states, shall seek to convene a World Nuclear 
Disarmament Conference in 1995, with the goal of achieving a worldwide, 
verifiable agreement to phase-out nuclear weapons from the arsenals of 
all countries, through a long-term, stage-by-stage process. If 
acceptable to participants, such conference shall be held in whole or 
in part at sites in Hiroshima and/or Nagasaki. This denuclearization 
process shall include such steps as--
            (1) a verifiable, comprehensive nuclear test ban agreement;
            (2) a verifiable, worldwide agreement, to end production of 
        plutonium and highly enriched uranium for weapons purposes, 
        with existing stockpiles put under bilateral or multilateral 
        controls;
            (3) phasing out of the use of plutonium and highly enriched 
        uranium for civilian purposes;
            (4) strengthening, and greatly expanding international 
        regimes to prevent countries from developing or assisting 
        others to develop nuclear weapons or their components, and 
        strengthening and creating international mechanisms, such as 
        the United Nations Security Council, to enforce these regimes;
            (5) significantly increased investment in the research and 
        development of nuclear safeguard and verification methods and 
        technologies; and
            (6) phased reductions in the nuclear arsenals of the United 
        States, the Russian Federation, the People's Republic of China, 
        the United Kingdom, France, and, eventually, the nuclear 
        threshold states.

SEC. 4. REPORTS.

    (a) By January 1 and July 1 of each year, the President shall 
report to the Congress on the actions taken to date and the actions 
planned for the next six months to carry out each of the policies 
outlined in section 3.

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