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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1888 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2025 
Ms. NORTON (for herself, Mr. CASAR, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. 
OMAR, Ms. PINGREE, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, and Ms. TLAIB) 
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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the United States to sign the Treaty on the Prohi-
bition 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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Nuclear Weapons Abo-
lition and Conversion Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. 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; 
(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 con-
trol of such dismantlement and elimination; and 
(3) working with the other nuclear-armed na-
tions to ensure the verifiable and irreversible elimi-
nation of all nuclear weapons from all countries, in 
accordance with the Treaty on the Prohibition of 
Nuclear Weapons. 
SEC. 3. UNITED STATES ABOLITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS 
AND CONVERSION OF RESOURCES TO EN-
ERGY AND ECONOMIC PURPOSES. 
Beginning on the date on which the President cer-
tifies to Congress that all countries possessing nuclear 
weapons have begun the verifiable and irreversible elimi-
nation of such weapons under the Treaty on the Prohibi-
tion of Nuclear Weapons, the President shall transfer the 
funding appropriated for nuclear weapons programs to be 
used for— 
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(1) purposes related to addressing the climate 
crisis, including through the development and de-
ployment of clean, renewable energy sources, by con-
verting all nuclear weapons industry processes, 
plants, and programs for such purposes and by re-
training 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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