Title: Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2017
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2017
This bill requires the U.S. government: (1) to provide leadership to negotiate and enter into a multilateral treaty or other international agreement that provides for the dismantlement and elimination of all nuclear weapons in every country by 2024; (2) once the President certifies that all countries have eliminated such weapons or begun such elimination under established legal requirements, to redirect resources that are being used for nuclear weapons programs to addressing human and infrastructure needs and to converting nuclear weapons industry employees, processes, plants, and programs to constructive, ecologically beneficial peacetime activities; (3) to undertake efforts to eliminate war, armed conflict, and all military operations; and (4) to promote policies to induce all other countries to join in such commitments.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3853 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3853

  To provide for nuclear weapons abolition and economic conversion in 
 accordance with District of Columbia Initiative Measure Number 37 of 
    1992, while ensuring environmental restoration and clean-energy 
                              conversion.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 2017

  Ms. Norton 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 provide for nuclear weapons abolition and economic conversion in 
 accordance with District of Columbia Initiative Measure Number 37 of 
    1992, while ensuring environmental restoration and clean-energy 
                              conversion.

    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 
Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS ABOLITION AND ECONOMIC AND 
              ENERGY CONVERSION.

    (a) In General.--The United States Government shall--
            (1) provide leadership to negotiate and enter into a 
        multilateral treaty or other international agreement by the 
        date that is three years after the date of the enactment of 
        this Act that provides for--
                    (A) the dismantlement and elimination of all 
                nuclear weapons in every country by not later than 
                2024; and
                    (B) strict and effective international control of 
                such dismantlement and elimination;
            (2) redirect resources that are being used for nuclear 
        weapons programs to use--
                    (A) in converting all nuclear weapons industry 
                employees, processes, plants, and programs smoothly to 
                constructive, ecologically beneficial peacetime 
                activities, including strict control of all fissile 
                material and radioactive waste, during the period in 
                which nuclear weapons must be dismantled and eliminated 
                pursuant to the treaty or other international agreement 
                described in paragraph (1); and
                    (B) in addressing human and infrastructure needs, 
                including development and deployment of sustainable 
                carbon-free and nuclear-free energy sources, health 
                care, housing, education, agriculture, and 
                environmental restoration, including long-term 
                radioactive waste monitoring;
            (3) undertake vigorous, good-faith efforts to eliminate 
        war, armed conflict, and all military operations; and
            (4) actively promote policies to induce all other countries 
        to join in the commitments described in this subsection to 
        create a more peaceful and secure world.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a)(2) shall take effect on the 
date on which the President certifies to Congress that all countries 
possessing nuclear weapons have--
            (1) eliminated such weapons; or
            (2) begun such elimination under established legal 
        requirements comparable to those described in subsection (a).
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