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HCONRES 151 97th Congress House International Affairs Armed Forces and National Security Arms control Arms control agreements Arms control negotiations Conferences Defense articles Nuclear weapons Treaties U.S.S.R.

A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that nuclear war represents the world's greatest potential health hazard and that all nuclear weapons in the world should be eliminated.

Introduced: June 18, 1981 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
Jun 25, 1981
Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Jun 25, 1981
Referred to Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs.
Jun 18, 1981
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jun 18, 1981
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that nuclear war represents a great hazard and should be prevented. Urges the President to propose: (1) that the United States and the Soviet Union begin negotiations to reduce substantially their nuclear arsenals; and (2) that conferences should be held among all nuclear nations to propose annual reductions and gradual elimination of all nuclear weapons.

What's happening now June 25, 1981

Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Mar 16, 1982
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Sep 15, 1981
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Aug 4, 1981
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 151: A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that nuclear war represents the world's greatest potential health hazard and that all nuclear weapons in the world should be eliminated.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HCONRES-151/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 151: A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that nuclear war represents the world's greatest potential health hazard and that all nuclear weapons in the world should be eliminated.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HCONRES-151/.
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H. Con. Res. 151, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HCONRES-151/.
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[H. Con. Res. 151: A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that nuclear war represents the world's greatest potential health hazard and that all nuclear weapons in the world should be eliminated.](https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HCONRES-151/)
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