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A joint resolution Recommendations on the Declaration on Prevention of Nuclear War.

Introduced: December 1, 1982 Introduced by: Wyden, Ron Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Dec 9, 1982
Referred to Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs.
Dec 1, 1982
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Dec 1, 1982
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that a central goal of U.S. international security policy should be to achieve a mutually verifiable agreement for the curbing of the development, production, testing, and deployment of nuclear weapons and for their reduction and ultimate elimination.

Requests the President to consider the facts presented and steps recommended in the Declaration on Prevention of Nuclear War, which was issued by scientists who met at an assembly convened by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Requests the President to report on the Declaration to the Congress and the American people.

What's happening now December 9, 1982

Referred to Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 626: A joint resolution Recommendations on the Declaration on Prevention of Nuclear War.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HJRES-626/
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"H.J. Res. 626: A joint resolution Recommendations on the Declaration on Prevention of Nuclear War.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HJRES-626/.
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H.J. Res. 626, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HJRES-626/.
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