H.R. 1976 · 114th Congress

Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2015

Stage
In committee
Introduced
2015-04-22
Latest action
2015-08-13 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.

Summary

Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2015

Requires the government: (1) to provide leadership to negotiate and enter into a multilateral treaty or other international agreement that provides for the dismantlement and elimination of all nuclear weapons in every country by 2022; (2) once the President certifies that all countries have eliminated such weapons or begun such elimination under established legal requirements, to redirect resources that are being used for nuclear weapons programs to addressing human and infrastructure needs and to converting nuclear weapons industry employees, processes, plants, and programs to constructive, ecologically beneficial peacetime activities; (3) to undertake efforts to eliminate war, armed conflict, and all military operations; and (4) to promote policies to induce all other countries to join in such commitments.