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HJRES 523 98th Congress House International Affairs Antisatellite weapons Arms control Arms control agreements Arms control negotiations Space Space agreements Space policy Treaties U.S.S.R.

A joint resolution calling upon the President to seek a mutual and verifiable ban on weapons designed to attack objects in space.

Introduced: March 21, 1984 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 2, 1984
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 11, 1984
Executive Comment Requested from State.
Apr 10, 1984
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 29, 1984
Referred to Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs.
Mar 21, 1984
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mar 21, 1984
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Urges the President to seek an agreement with the Soviet Union to: (1) declare a verifiable and limited moratorium on the testing in space of antisatellite weapons; and (2) resume negotiations on a verifiable ban on the testing, production, deployment, and use of any antisatellite weapon.

Declares that such agreements should not restrict non-weapons operations in space, such as the U.S. space shuttle program.

What's happening now May 2, 1984

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 28, 1984
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Mar 21, 1984
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 523: A joint resolution calling upon the President to seek a mutual and verifiable ban on weapons designed to attack objects in space.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HJRES-523/
MLA
"H.J. Res. 523: A joint resolution calling upon the President to seek a mutual and verifiable ban on weapons designed to attack objects in space.." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HJRES-523/.
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H.J. Res. 523, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HJRES-523/.
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[H.J. Res. 523: A joint resolution calling upon the President to seek a mutual and verifiable ban on weapons designed to attack objects in space.](https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HJRES-523/)
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