H.R.1334 -- Nuclear Weapons Abolition and
Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2011
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1334
IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
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
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
This Act may be cited as the `Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2011'.
(a) In General- The
(1) by the date that is three years after the date of the enactment of this Act, provide leadership to negotiate a multilateral treaty or other international agreement that provides for--
(A) the dismantlement and elimination of all nuclear weapons in every country by not later than 2020; 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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Women’s International
League for Peace and Freedom – www.wilpf.org/2011AprilNuclearBillAction
On April 1, 2011, Washington DC’s Congressional Delegate
Eleanor Holmes Norton issued a press release: “Today, I am introducing the Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and
Energy Conversion Act of 2011, a version of which I have introduced since
1994, after working with the District of Columbia residents who were
responsible for the Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion ballot
initiative passed by D.C. voters in 1993.
“This version of the bill now requires the United States to
negotiate an international agreement to disable and dismantle [all] nuclear
weapons by 2020, and provides for strict control of fissile material and
radioactive waste and for use of nuclear free [and carbon-free] energy
resources. The bill continues to provide that the funds used for nuclear
weapons programs be redirected towards human and infrastructure needs, such as
housing, health care, Social Security and the environment.
“The bill is particularly timely as Congress continues to
make cuts to important human and infrastructure programs and as the world
confronts nuclear catastrophe in
Proposition One
Committee –
Website: www.prop1.org – Email: et@prop1.org