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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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 Everywhere this bill has been 26 steps
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
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
(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.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 6 Republican 1