Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2017
Sponsored By: Representative Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
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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.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Cosponsors
Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
MA • D
Sponsored 9/28/2017
Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
IL • D
Sponsored 10/10/2017
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