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[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 241 Introduced in House (IH)]

105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 241

 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.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 23, 1997

Mrs. Tauscher (for herself, Mr. Leach, Ms. Furse, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. 
   Ackerman, Mr. Allen, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. 
 Berman, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Borski, Ms. Brown of Florida, 
Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Capps, Ms. Carson, Ms. 
  Christian-Green, Mr. Clay, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Davis of 
  Illinois, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
Dellums, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Engel, 
  Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Evans, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. 
Fazio of California, Mr. Filner, Mr. Flake, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, 
Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hall of 
 Ohio, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mr. Jackson of 
     Illinois, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Kennedy of 
 Massachusetts, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Kind, 
   Mr. Kucinich, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Lewis of 
Georgia, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Luther, Mrs. Maloney of New York, 
 Mr. Markey, Mr. Matsui, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
     McGovern, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Meehan, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Ms. 
 Millender-McDonald, Mr. Miller of California, Mr. Minge, Mrs. Mink of 
 Hawaii, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. Olver, Mr. Pallone, 
   Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Payne, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Porter, Mr. 
  Poshard, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Rothman, Ms. 
    Roybal-Allard, Mr. Rush, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Sawyer, Mr. 
    Schumer, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Shays, Mr. Skaggs, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. 
   Stabenow, Mr. Stark, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Tierney, Mr. 
    Torres, Mr. Towns, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Vento, Mr. Watt of North 
    Carolina, Mr. Wexler, Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. Yates) submitted the 
     following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                        International Relations

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                               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;
Whereas more than 140 nations have signed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, 
        including Russia, China, the United Kingdom, and France;
Whereas the expected conclusion of 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;
Whereas the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty will strengthen the global norm 
        against nuclear testing and thereby help efforts by the United States to 
        stop the spread of nuclear weapons to additional nations or groups;
Whereas the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty cannot enter into force until ratified 
        by the United States;
Whereas independent nuclear weapons experts believe that the United States can 
        maintain the safety and reliability of its nuclear arsenal through the 
        Stockpile Stewardship and Management Program without nuclear test 
        explosions, which is ``consistent with the U.S. agreement to enter into 
        a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty of unending duration''; and
Whereas the entry into force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty is essential 
        to realizing the full benefits of the Treaty for the national security 
        of the United States: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is 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.
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