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A joint resolution to express the support of Congress for the United States and the Soviet Union to engage in substantial, verifiable, equitable, and militarily-significant reductions of their…

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A joint resolution to express the support of Congress for the United States and the Soviet Union to engage in substantial, verifiable, equitable, and militarily-significant reductions of their nuclear weapons resulting in equal and sharply reduced force levels which would contribute to peace and stability.

Introduced: July 15, 1982 See on congress.gov
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Jul 27, 1982
Text of This Measure to be Substituted as an Amendment to H.J.Res.521.
Jul 21, 1982
Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Jul 21, 1982
Referred to Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs.
Jul 15, 1982
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jul 15, 1982
Introduced in House
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Expresses the support of the Congress for beginning strategic arms reductions talks. Urges the Soviet Union to join with the United States in concluding an equitable and verifiable agreement which freezes strategic nuclear forces at equal and substantially reduced levels.

Reaffirms congressional support for the position that the United States should not enter into an arms agreement which provides for force levels inferior to those of the Soviet Union.

Declares that the United States should propose practical measures to: (1) reduce the danger of accidental nuclear war; (2) prevent the use of nuclear weapons by third parties, including terrorists; and (3) halt the worldwide proliferation of nuclear weapons.

Insists that any arms control agreement must be fully verifiable.

What's happening now July 27, 1982

Text of This Measure to be Substituted as an Amendment to H.J.Res.521.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HJRES 521 Related bill A joint resolution calling for a mutual and verifiable freeze on and reductions in nuclear weapons and for approval of …
 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Jul 29, 1982
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 538: A joint resolution to express the support of Congress for the United States and the Soviet Union to engage in substantial, verifiable, equitable, and militarily-significant reductions of their nuclear weapons resulting in equal and sharply reduced force levels which would contribute to peace and stability.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HJRES-538/
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"H.J. Res. 538: A joint resolution to express the support of Congress for the United States and the Soviet Union to engage in substantial, verifiable, equitable, and militarily-significant reductions of their nuclear weapons resulting in equal and sharply reduced force levels which would contribute to peace and stability.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HJRES-538/.
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H.J. Res. 538, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HJRES-538/.
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[H.J. Res. 538: A joint resolution to express the support of Congress for the United States and the Soviet Union to engage in substantial, verifiable, equitable, and militarily-significant reductions of their nuclear weapons resulting in equal and sharply reduced force levels which would contribute to peace and stability.](https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HJRES-538/)
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