Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act of 2023

Subjects: International Affairs


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2775 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2775

 To direct the United States to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of 
  Nuclear Weapons and convert nuclear weapons industry resources and 
 personnel to purposes relating to addressing the climate crisis, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 20, 2023

  Ms. Norton (for herself, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Omar, Ms. 
Tlaib, and Mr. Pocan) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
 to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee 
 on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the United States to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of 
  Nuclear Weapons and convert nuclear weapons industry resources and 
 personnel to purposes relating to addressing the climate crisis, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``Nuclear Weapons Abolition and 
Conversion Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. UNITED STATES ABOLITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND CONVERSION OF 
              RESOURCES TO ENERGY AND ECONOMIC PURPOSES.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the United 
States should provide leadership by--
            (1) signing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear 
        Weapons; and
            (2) ratifying such treaty when it is clear that 
        ratification will result in--
                    (A) the dismantlement and elimination of all 
                nuclear weapons in every country; and
                    (B) strict and effective international control of 
                such dismantlement and elimination.
    (b) Redirection of Resources.--Beginning on the date on which the 
President certifies to Congress that all countries possessing nuclear 
weapons have begun the verifiable and irreversible elimination of such 
weapons under the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the 
United States shall redirect resources that are being used for nuclear 
weapons programs to be used for--
            (1) purposes related to addressing the climate crisis, 
        including through the development and deployment of clean, 
        renewable energy sources, by converting all nuclear weapons 
        industry processes, plants, and programs for such purposes and 
        by retraining nuclear industry employees;
            (2) addressing human and infrastructure needs, such as 
        health care, housing, education, agriculture, and environmental 
        restoration, including long-term radioactive waste monitoring; 
        and
            (3) actively promote policies to induce all other countries 
        to join in the commitments referred to in paragraphs (1) and 
        (2) to create a more peaceful and secure world.
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