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A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the United States and the Soviet Union should engage in substantial, equitable, and verifiable reductions of their nuclear weapons in…

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A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the United States and the Soviet Union should engage in substantial, equitable, and verifiable reductions of their nuclear weapons in a manner which would contribute to peace and stability.

Introduced: March 29, 1982 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
Jun 24, 1982
Favorable Executive Comment Received From State.
May 17, 1982
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 11, 1982
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 5, 1982
Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Apr 5, 1982
Referred to Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs.
Apr 5, 1982
Executive Comment Requested from State.
Mar 29, 1982
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mar 29, 1982
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that the United States should propose to the Soviet Union: (1) a long-term, mutual, and verifiable nuclear forces freeze at equal and sharply reduced levels of forces; and (2) practical measures to reduce the danger of an accidental nuclear war and to prevent the use of nuclear weapons by third parties. States that the United States and the Soviet Union should channel their resources away from nuclear armaments and towards fighting poverty, hunger, and disease. Declares that the United States should continue to work for balanced arms reductions.

What's happening now June 24, 1982

Favorable Executive Comment Received From State.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · May 21, 1982
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Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Apr 1, 1982
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 297: A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the United States and the Soviet Union should engage in substantial, equitable, and verifiable reductions of their nuclear weapons in a manner which would contribute to peace and stability.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HCONRES-297/
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"H. Con. Res. 297: A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the United States and the Soviet Union should engage in substantial, equitable, and verifiable reductions of their nuclear weapons in a manner which would contribute to peace and stability.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HCONRES-297/.
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H. Con. Res. 297, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HCONRES-297/.
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