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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 130
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the formulation of an arms
security policy for the United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 1993
Mr. CONYERS submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the
formulation of an arms security policy for the United States.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring),
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The post-cold war world demands a drastic
reevaluation of what means are necessary for the
common defense of the United States.
(2) Significant progress has been made in in-
spection and verification processes relating to con-
ventional and nonconventional weapons and related
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technology, but curbing the continuing proliferation
of such weapons and technology requires further ad-
justments in policy.
(3) Article 6 of the Treaty on the Non-Pro-
liferation of Nuclear Weapons (1970) mandates that
‘‘Each of the Parties to the Treaty undertakes to
pursue negotiations in good faith on effective meas-
ures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race
at an early date and to nuclear disarmament, and on
a treaty on general and complete disarmament under
strict and effective international control.’’.
(4) The United States is signatory to such
Treaty and to the following treaties and agreements
that commit the United States to negotiating an
agreement for general and complete disarmament:
The Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the
Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water
(1963), Additional Protocol I (1981) and Additional
Protocol II (1971) to the Treaty for the Prohibition
of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America, the Treaty
Between the United States of America and the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limita-
tion of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems (1972), the
Treaty Between the United States of America and
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limi-
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tation of Underground Nuclear Weapon Tests
(1974), the Convention on the Prohibition of Mili-
tary or Any other Hostile Use of Environmental
Modification Techniques (1978), and the Treaty Be-
tween the United States and the Union of Soviet So-
cialist Republics on the Limitation of Strategic Of-
fensive Arms (1979).
(5) Article VI, section 2, of the United States
Constitution gives the aforementioned treaties and
agreements the force of law in the United States.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING FORMULA-
TION OF ARMS SECURITY POLICY FOR THE
UNITED STATES.
It is the sense of the Congress that the Director of
the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agen-
cy, in consultation with the heads of appropriate Federal
agencies and after opportunity for public comment, should
formulate an arms security policy for the United States
that—
(1) is consistent with the legal commitment of
the United States to general and complete disar-
mament of conventional and nonconventional weap-
ons and related technology;
(2) will serve as the basis for entering into mul-
tilateral negotiations to conclude treaties and agree-
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ments relating to such general and complete disar-
mament; and
(3) gives the highest priority to developing ef-
fective mechanisms for the non-violent resolution of
disputes 
relating 
to 
conventional 
and
nonconventional weapons and related technology as
an alternative to war.
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