Urging the United States to lead the world back from the brink of nuclear war and halt and reverse the nuclear arms race.
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Latest Action · April 9, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
H.Res. 317 is a non-binding resolution urging the President to pursue nuclear disarmament and reduce the risk of nuclear war. The resolution calls on the U.S. to lead international negotiations with all nine nuclear-armed nations to halt nuclear weapons buildups, end the policy allowing the first use of nuclear weapons, and abandon the "hair-trigger alert" system that requires rapid launch decisions. It emphasizes concerns about rising nuclear tensions globally, particularly between the U.S. and Russia following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and highlights that modernizing U.S. nuclear forces is projected to cost over $750 billion through 2032. The resolution also calls for protecting workers and communities harmed by nuclear weapons testing and development, maintaining the testing moratorium, and creating an economic transition plan for workers in the nuclear weapons industry. Though it carries no funding or enforcement mechanism, the resolution reflects growing congressional concern about nuclear weapons escalation and the financial costs of maintaining the current arsenal.
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