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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 866
Entitled, ‘‘United States-Japan Partnership Act of 1993’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 4, 1993
Mr. STARK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Foreign Affairs
A BILL
Entitled, ‘‘United States-Japan Partnership Act of 1993’’.
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 ‘‘United States-Japan
Partnership Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nu-
clear Weapons of 1968 calls for an end to the nu-
clear arms race and an abolition of all nuclear weap-
ons at an early date;
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(2) pursuing a policy of significant and continu-
ous reductions in the nuclear arsenals of all coun-
tries will help reduce the likelihood of nuclear pro-
liferation;
(3) with the end of the Cold War and the col-
lapse of the Soviet Union, nuclear proliferation is
now the leading threat to United States national se-
curity;
(4) the revelations of Iraq’s clandestine nuclear
weapons program demonstrate the necessity of
strengthening international measures to prevent nu-
clear proliferation;
(5) Japan is the only nation that has endured
the nightmare of nuclear explosions;
(6) Japan has a consistently strong record of
upholding the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons of 1968 and has made important
contributions to International Atomic Energy Agen-
cy safeguards and to addressing proliferation threats
through diplomatic initiatives;
(7) 1995 is the 50th anniversary of the found-
ing of the United Nations, the 50th remembrance of
the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the
50th anniversary of the end of World War II, and
the date for the extension conference for the Treaty
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on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons of
1968; and
(8) it is appropriate to mark these anniversaries
with a rededication to the cause of peace.
SEC. 3. UNITED STATES POLICY.
The United States, in consultation with Japan, and
other nuclear and nonnuclear weapon states, shall seek to
convene a World Nuclear Disarmament Conference in
1995, with the goal of achieving a worldwide, verifiable
agreement to phase-out nuclear weapons from the arsenals
of all countries, through a long-term, stage-by-stage proc-
ess. If acceptable to participants, such conference shall be
held in whole or in part at sites in Hiroshima and/or Na-
gasaki. This denuclearization process shall include such
steps as—
(1) a verifiable, comprehensive nuclear test ban
agreement;
(2) a verifiable, worldwide agreement, to end
production of plutonium and highly enriched ura-
nium for weapons purposes, with existing stockpiles
put under bilateral or multilateral controls;
(3) phasing out of the use of plutonium and
highly enriched uranium for civilian purposes;
(4) strengthening, and greatly expanding inter-
national regimes to prevent countries from develop-
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ing or assisting others to develop nuclear weapons or
their components, and strengthening and creating
international mechanisms, such as the United Na-
tions Security Council, to enforce these regimes;
(5) significantly increased investment in the re-
search and development of nuclear safeguard and
verification methods and technologies; and
(6) phased reductions in the nuclear arsenals of
the United States, the Russian Federation, the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China, the United Kingdom,
France, and, eventually, the nuclear threshold
states.
SEC. 4. REPORTS.
(a) By January 1 and July 1 of each year, the Presi-
dent shall report to the Congress on the actions taken to
date and the actions planned for the next six months to
carry out each of the policies outlined in section 3.
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