IV
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 306
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should pursue nego-
tiations with Russia as quickly as possible to achieve a START III
agreement that reduces the number of deployed strategic nuclear war-
heads to the lowest possible level, and no more than 2,000 each for
the United States and Russia.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 4, 1994
Ms. FURSE submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President
should pursue negotiations with Russia as quickly as
possible to achieve a START III agreement that reduces
the number of deployed strategic nuclear warheads to
the lowest possible level, and no more than 2,000 each
for the United States and Russia.
Whereas START I (the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty)
was signed by Presidents Bush and Gorbachev on July
31, 1991, and START II was signed by Presidents Bush
and Yeltsin on January 3, 1993;
Whereas President Yeltsin proposed on January 29, 1992,
that the United States and Russia reduce the number of
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their deployed strategic nuclear warheads to 2,000 to
2,500 each;
Whereas the substantial improvement in relations between
the 2 largest nuclear powers in this post-Cold War era
offers an opportunity to secure further reductions in nu-
clear arms, thereby reducing the cost and nuclear risk for
the United States, Russia, and the world;
Whereas START III negotiations should begin as soon as
possible, since (1) in their September 1994 summit,
Presidents Clinton and Yeltsin agreed that, as soon as
START II is ratified, the United States and Russia
would promptly begin to remove from active service
enough nuclear forces to reach START II levels years
earlier than the treaty requires, and (2) START III
would logically continue the reductions achieved in
START I and II;
Whereas section 1611(c) of Public Law 103–160 required the
President to report on the implications of the United
States and Russia dismantling all tactical nuclear weap-
ons in their arsenals; and
Whereas reductions in the nuclear forces would enable the
United States to avoid substantial costs: Now, therefore,
be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That—
(1) the Congress commends President Clinton
and Russian President Yeltsin for agreeing in the
summit that was held on September 27 and 28,
1994, that, once START II is ratified, the United
States and Russia will proceed to deactivate enough
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nuclear forces to reach the levels provided in
START II years earlier than the treaty requires,
and to intensify dialogue regarding the possibility of
further reductions of remaining nuclear forces;
(2) it is the sense of the Congress that the
President should pursue negotiations with Russia as
quickly as possible to achieve a START III agree-
ment that reduces the number of deployed strategic
nuclear warheads to the lowest possible level, but in
no case more than 2,000 each for the United States
and Russia;
(3) the President should also discuss, with
other countries with nuclear capabilities, the possi-
bility of future negotiations to reduce the levels of
nuclear weapons in those countries; and
(4) the President should initiate negotiations
with Russia to seek to dismantle all tactical nuclear
weapons in the Russian and United States arsenals.
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