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119TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 100 

Expressing support for the continued value of arms control agreements and 

negotiated constraints on Russian and Chinese strategic nuclear forces. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 4, 2025 

Mr. FOSTER (for himself, Mr. BEYER, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, 

Mr. KHANNA, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. NADLER, Ms. NORTON, 

Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. CASTEN, and Ms. TITUS) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for the continued value of arms control 

agreements and negotiated constraints on Russian and 

Chinese strategic nuclear forces. 

Whereas the United States maintains bipartisan support to 

ensure national security and the defense of United States 

allies and partners; 

Whereas President Reagan stated that ‘‘a nuclear war cannot 

be won and must never be fought’’ in his 1984 State of 

the Union Address, and affirmed the conviction with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985; 

Whereas, in January 2022, President Biden joined the leaders of the People’s Republic of China, the French Republic, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of 


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Great Britain and Northern Ireland to reaffirm that ‘‘a 

nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought’’; 

Whereas the Russian Federation illegally invaded Ukraine on 

February 24, 2022, and has used veiled and blatant nuclear saber rattling in service of its war of aggression 

against a sovereign state; 

Whereas the war has led to thousands of casualties, including 

over 40,000 civilians and more than 650 children killed, 

along with the displacement of over 10,000,000 Ukrainians; 

Whereas the Russian Federation’s illegal war against 

Ukraine represents the greatest threat to European security and freedom in a generation; 

Whereas, on February 27, 2022, Russian President Putin ordered his military to put Russia’s nuclear forces on ‘‘special combat readiness’’ in an escalatory response to the 

United States and its Western Allies unequivocal condemnation of the Russian Federation’s illegal invasion of 

Ukraine; 

Whereas, on September 21, 2022, President Putin warned he 

was ‘‘not bluffing’’ when he said Russia has ‘‘various 

weapons of mass destruction’’ and ‘‘will use all the means 

available to us’’ to defend its territory shortly before annexing additional Ukrainian lands through ‘‘referendums’’; 

Whereas, in February 2021, the United States and the Russian Federation extended the treaty between the United 

States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, also known as the New START 

Treaty, for 5 years until February 5, 2026; 


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Whereas, on February 21, 2023, President Putin announced 

the Russian Federation’s purported suspension of the 

New START Treaty, the last major remaining bilateral 

nuclear arms control agreement, in a move deemed legally invalid by the United States; 

Whereas the New START Treaty has had bipartisan support 

and limits the Russian nuclear arsenal to 1,550 warheads 

on no more than 700 deployed delivery vehicles, and to 

800 deployed and nondeployed strategic launchers; 

Whereas the New START Treaty has permitted robust and 

strict transparency and verification measures and onsite 

inspections, which have provided valuable insight into 

Russia’s nuclear arsenal; 

Whereas the United States has decades of bipartisan leadership in nuclear arms control, including cooperation with 

the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation even when 

relations were strained; 

Whereas, in June 2023, the United States Government announced it is now ready to engage in a dialogue with the 

Russian Federation on a post-2026 nuclear arms control 

framework and is ‘‘prepared to stick to the central limits 

as long as Russia does’’ while also stating a ‘‘willingness 

to engage in bilateral arms control discussions’’ with the 

Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China 

‘‘without preconditions’’; 

Whereas the Department of State said in a report to Congress released in January 2024 that ‘‘The United States 

assesses that the Russian Federation likely did not exceed the New START Treaty’s deployed warhead limit in 

2023’’; 


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Whereas Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said September 28, 2024, at a United Nations General Assembly 

meeting that Russia continues to comply with the New 

START Treaty numerical limits; 

Whereas the nuclear weapon states recognized by the Nuclear 

Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), including the Russian 

Federation, the United States, as well as the People’s Republic of China, have an obligation to ‘‘pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to 

nuclear disarmament’’; 

Whereas, in November 2023, senior United States and Chinese officials held ‘‘a candid and in-depth discussion on 

issues related to arms control and nonproliferation as 

part of ongoing efforts to maintain open lines of communication and responsibly manage the U.S.-PRC relationship’’; and 

Whereas the absence of agreed limits on the United States 

and Russian strategic nuclear arsenals after the expiration of the New START Treaty would affect strategic 

stability and increase the risk of a costly and unrestrained nuclear arms race: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) condemns in the strongest terms the use of 

3 nuclear escalatory rhetoric and veiled threats to po4 tentially use nuclear weapons in the context of the 

5 illegal invasion of a free and independent Ukraine; 

6 (2) condemns the Russian Federation’s pur7 ported suspension of its participation in the New 

8 START Treaty; 


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1 (3) calls for immediate cessation of nuclear 

2 saber rattling and nuclear escalatory rhetoric from 

3 the Russian Federation, or by any other nuclear4 armed state; 

5 (4) emphasizes the continued value of arms 

6 control agreements between the United States and 

7 the Russian Federation, which possess the world’s 

8 largest nuclear arsenals; 

9 (5) calls for the Russian Federation to prompt10 ly return to full implementation of the New START 

11 Treaty, including onsite inspections, provision of 

12 treaty-mandated notifications and data, and resump13 tion of Bilateral Consultative Commission meetings; 

14 (6) calls on the administration to continue to 

15 actively pursue a dialogue with the Russian Federa16 tion on a new nuclear arms control framework and 

17 on risk reduction in order to maintain strategic sta18 bility, ensure the conflict in Ukraine does not esca19 late to nuclear use, and avoid an unrestrained nu20 clear arms race following the expiration of the New 

21 START Treaty; 

22 (7) calls upon the United States and the Rus23 sian Federation to continue to respect the numerical 

24 constraints on the strategic deployed nuclear forces 

25 established by the New START Treaty until such 


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1 time as a new nuclear arms control framework is es2 tablished; and 

3 (8) calls on the administration to continue to 

4 engage the People’s Republic of China in further bi5 lateral talks on nuclear risk reduction and arms con6 trol, and to pursue new multilateral arms control ef7 forts. 

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