HJRES 13 98th Congress House International Affairs Armed Forces and National Security Arms control Arms control agreements Arms control negotiations Arms race Defense articles Intermediate range ballistic missiles Military aircraft Missile warheads NATO countries Nuclear weapons Treaties U.S.S.R.

A joint resolution calling for a mutual and verifiable freeze on and reductions in nuclear weapons.

Introduced: January 3, 1983 See on congress.gov

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Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

May 9, 1983

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 129.

May 9, 1983

Read the second time.

May 6, 1983

Received in the Senate, read the first time.

May 4, 1983

Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 278 - 149 (Record Vote No: 89).

May 4, 1983

Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 278 - 149 (Record Vote No: 89).

May 4, 1983

House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.

May 4, 1983

Rule Passed House.

May 3, 1983

Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.179 Reported to House.

May 3, 1983

Committee on Rules Granted a Rule Providing 14 Hours of Debate.

Apr 28, 1983

Considered by House Unfinished Business.

Apr 21, 1983

Considered by House Unfinished Business.

Apr 20, 1983

Considered by House Unfinished Business.

Apr 13, 1983

Considered by House Unfinished Business.

Mar 16, 1983

Considered by House Unfinished Business.

Mar 16, 1983

Called up by House by Rule.

Mar 16, 1983

Rule Passed House.

Mar 15, 1983

Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.138 Reported to House.

Mar 15, 1983

Committee on Rules Granted an Open Rule Providing Three Hours of Debate; Waiving Clause 2(l)(6) of Rule XI; Making in Order a Committee on Foreign Affairs Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute; Making in Order the Text of H.J.Res 4 as a Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute, Waiving Clause 7, Rule XVI.

Mar 14, 1983

Placed on House Calendar No: 7.

Mar 14, 1983

Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Report No: 98-31.

Mar 8, 1983

Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

Mar 8, 1983

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Mar 2, 1983

Committee Hearings Held.

Feb 17, 1983

Committee Hearings Held.

Jan 3, 1983

Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Jan 3, 1983

Introduced in House

Amendments to this bill 51

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

8 failed 43 pending / other

Amendment	Sponsor	Purpose	Status	Latest action
HAMDT 104	—	An amendment to the Hunter amendment. It strikes all references to the B-52 or B-1 and simply states that the…	Pending	May 4, 1983
HAMDT 103	—	An amendment to add a new section: Nothing in the resolution is to be construed to prevent the U.S. from repl…	Pending	May 4, 1983
HAMDT 102	—	An amendment to the Levitas amendment to strike the Levitas text and subsitute: "with negotiators proceeding …	Pending	May 4, 1983
HAMDT 101	—	An amendment to the Dicks substitute to the Levitas amendment to restore the language of the Levitas amendmen…	Pending	May 4, 1983
HAMDT 100	—	An amendment to the Levitas amendment to change the call for conclusion of reductions of nuclear arms in a "r…	Pending	May 4, 1983
HAMDT 99	—	An amendment to the Levitas amendment to strike the language of the Levitas amendment and substitute language…	Failed	May 4, 1983
HAMDT 98	—	An amendment by asking unanimous consent to change the language calling for a "specified time" to complete th…	Pending	May 4, 1983
HAMDT 97	—	An amendment to the objective of achieving a reduction in nuclear weapons that the reduction be "achieved wit…	Pending	May 4, 1983
HAMDT 96	—	An amendment to the Courter substitute for the Lungren amendment to state only: "Nothing in this resolution s…	Pending	May 4, 1983
HAMDT 95	—	A substitute amendment to the Lungren amendment to substitute the following text: "Nothing in this resolution…	Pending	May 4, 1983
HAMDT 94	—	An amendment to the Lungren amendment to strike the text of the Lungren amendment and substitute the followin…	Pending	May 4, 1983
HAMDT 93	—	An amendment to add "Consistent with the treaty-making powers of the President under the Constitution, nothin…	Pending	May 4, 1983
HAMDT 82	—	An amendment to include in the objective of the resolution that in the Geneva START talks negotiators should …	Pending	Apr 28, 1983
HAMDT 81	—	An amendment to add language such that the freeze is to be consistent with the maintenance of essential equiv…	Pending	Apr 28, 1983
HAMDT 80	—	An amendment to the Siljander amendment to make the pursuit of a freeze the "overriding" objective, instead o…	Pending	Apr 28, 1983
HAMDT 79	—	An amendment to make the pursuit of reduction an objective on equal footing with the pursuit of a freeze. Bot…	Failed	Apr 28, 1983
HAMDT 68	—	An amendment on the previous legislative day to add that nothing in the resolution is intended to prevent the…	Pending	Apr 21, 1983
HAMDT 69	—	An amendment on the previous legislative day to the Carney amendment to permit reaching an agreement with the…	Pending	Apr 20, 1983
HAMDT 64	—	An amendment to add that nothing in this resolution shall be construed by the U.S. negotiators to mandate any…	Pending	Apr 20, 1983
HAMDT 63	—	An amendment to amend the objective of achieving a mutual verifiable freeze by adding language that would als…	Pending	Apr 20, 1983
HAMDT 62	—	An amendment to exclude submarines from the freeze provisions.	Pending	Apr 20, 1983
HAMDT 61	—	An amendment to add that consistent with the Arms Control and Disarmament Act nothing in the resolution is to…	Pending	Apr 20, 1983
HAMDT 60	—	An amendment to add that nothing in the resolution is to prevent during negotiations the modernization and de…	Pending	Apr 20, 1983
HAMDT 59	—	An amendment to add a definition for "nuclear delivery vehicle" (device whose primary or exclusive mission re…	Pending	Apr 20, 1983
HAMDT 58	—	An amendment to the Hunter amendment to strike language calling for "modernization" of weapon systems when su…	Pending	Apr 20, 1983
HAMDT 57	—	An amendment to add that any freeze agreement negotiated pursuant to this resolution should not prevent the U…	Pending	Apr 20, 1983
HAMDT 56	—	An amendment to propose that the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee s…	Pending	Apr 20, 1983
HAMDT 55	—	An amendment to the Martin (NC) amendment to add the objective to the SALT talks added by the Martin (NC) ame…	Failed	Apr 20, 1983
HAMDT 54	—	An amendment to add to the resolution's objectives for the SALT talks that special attention be given to dest…	Failed	Apr 20, 1983
HAMDT 53	—	A substitute amendment to the Broomfield amendment to strike the text of the Broomfield amendment and add tha…	Pending	Apr 20, 1983
HAMDT 52	—	An amendment to add language that says Western deterrence should continue to be based upon strategic arms con…	Pending	Apr 20, 1983
HAMDT 51	—	An amendment to the Brown (CO) amendment to make the objective of negotiating a reduction in nuclear arms sub…	Pending	Apr 13, 1983
HAMDT 50	—	An amendment to add the objective to the resolution of negotiating an immediate, mutual and verifiable reduct…	Pending	Apr 13, 1983
HAMDT 49	—	A perfecting amendment to add to the bill that interim restraints are needed to prevent expansion of nuclear …	Failed	Apr 13, 1983
HAMDT 32	—	A substitute amendment on a previous legislative day to strike out the language after the resolving clause an…	Failed	Apr 13, 1983
HAMDT 31	—	A substitute amendment to the Stratton amendment to add that the Stratton stipulation, that modernization and…	Pending	Mar 16, 1983
HAMDT 30	—	An amendment to add a new section to state: Nothing in this joint resolution shall be construed to prevent su…	Pending	Mar 16, 1983
HAMDT 29	—	An amendment to change the objective set out in the resolution for the START negotiations from moving to a ve…	Failed	Mar 16, 1983
HAMDT 28	—	An amendment to prohibit negotiations for a nuclear freeze until the President makes a full report to Congre…	Failed	Mar 16, 1983
HAMDT 27	—	An amendment to add that nothing in the resolution is endorsed by any type of unilateral disarmament on the p…	Pending	Mar 16, 1983
HAMDT 26	—	An amendment to the Lent amendment to add that the on-site inspections should be made "as appropriate".	Pending	Mar 16, 1983
HAMDT 25	—	An amendment to add the following objectives to the objectives set out in the resolution for the START negoti…	Pending	Mar 16, 1983
HAMDT 75	—	A substitute amendment to the Stratton amendment to provide in lieu of the Stratton provisions the requiremen…	Pending	—
HAMDT 74	—	An amendment to state that nothing in the resolution is to require the President to negotiate an agreement th…	Pending	—
HAMDT 73	—	An amendment to require the U.S. to withdraw from any negotiations pursuant to the resolution if the Presiden…	Pending	—
HAMDT 72	—	An amendment to add the provisions that any item both sides do not agree to freeze, would not be frozen.	Pending	—
HAMDT 71	—	An amendment to add that in all negotiations pursuant to this resolution the U.S. is to make every effort to …	Pending	—
HAMDT 70	—	A substitute amendment to the Carney amendment to state that in the absence of a bilateral agreement embodyin…	Pending	—
HAMDT 67	—	An amendment to add to the objectives for the SALT talks are to include a freeze on all air defense systems d…	Pending	—
HAMDT 66	—	An amendment to the Stratton amendment by asking unanimous consent to change "modernization" to safety relate…	Pending	—

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(Reported to House from the Committee on Foreign Affairs with amendment, H. Rept. 98-31)

States that, consistent with maintaining equal overall nuclear capabilities, the strategic arms reduction talks (START) between the United States and the Soviet Union should: (1) pursue an immediate, mutual, and verifiable freeze; (2) decide when and how to achieve a mutual and verifiable freeze on the testing, production, and deployment of nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems; (3) give special attention to destabilizing weapons; (4) pursue reductions through numerical ceilings and other means; (5) preserve present limitations on nuclear weapons; and (6) incorporate present negotiations in Geneva on intermediate range nuclear systems into the START negotiations.

Requires that every effort be made to reach common positions with the NATO allies.

States that this resolution shall not be construed to prevent taking advantage of concurrent and complementary arms control proposals.

What's happening now May 9, 1983

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 129.

Related & companion bills 3

Committees of jurisdiction 1

Foreign Affairs Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 7

Durbin, Richard J.

Illinois · Mar 11, 1983

Hoyer, Steny H.

Maryland · Mar 11, 1983

Ohio · Mar 11, 1983

Markey, Edward J.

Massachusetts · Mar 11, 1983

Schumer, Charles E.

New York · Mar 11, 1983

Smith, Christopher H.

New Jersey · Mar 11, 1983

Oregon · Mar 11, 1983

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