PLEASE SUPPORT HR-1653 - “Nuclear Disarmament and
Economic Conversion Act of 2009”
111th CONGRESS - 1st Session H. R. 1653
To provide for nuclear
disarmament and economic conversion in accordance with
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES -
Ms. NORTON introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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
A
BILL
To provide for nuclear disarmament and economic conversion in
accordance with District of Columbia Initiative Measure Number 37 of 1992.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the
This Act may be
cited as the `Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act of 2009'.
The United
States Government shall--
(1) disable and dismantle all its nuclear weapons and refrain
from replacing them at any time with any weapons of mass destruction;
(2) redirect resources that are currently 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
during the 3 years following the effective date of this Act, and
(B) in addressing human and infrastructure needs such as
housing, health care, education, agriculture, and environmental restoration,
including alternative fuel sources;
(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 these commitments for world peace and security.
This Act shall
take effect when the President certifies to the Congress that all foreign
countries possessing nuclear weapons have established legal requirements
comparable to those set forth in section 2 and those requirements have taken
effect.