119-hr1888

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1888 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1888

 To direct the United States to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of 
 Nuclear Weapons and convert nuclear weapons industry resources and 
 personnel to purposes relating to addressing the climate crisis, and 
 for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 5, 2025

 Ms. Norton (for herself, Mr. Casar, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. McGovern, Ms. 
 Omar, Ms. Pingree, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Schakowsky, and Ms. Tlaib) 
 introduced the following bill; which was 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

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 A BILL

 To direct the United States to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of 
 Nuclear Weapons and convert nuclear weapons industry resources and 
 personnel to purposes relating to addressing the climate crisis, and 
 for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Weapons Abolition and 
Conversion Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

 It is the sense of Congress that the United States should provide 
leadership by--

    (1) signing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear 
 Weapons;

    (2) ratifying such treaty when it is clear that 
 ratification will result in--
        (A) the dismantlement and elimination of all 
 nuclear weapons in every country; and
        (B) strict and effective international control of 
 such dismantlement and elimination; and

    (3) working with the other nuclear-armed nations to ensure 
 the verifiable and irreversible elimination of all nuclear 
 weapons from all countries, in accordance with the Treaty on 
 the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

SEC. 3. UNITED STATES ABOLITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND CONVERSION OF 
 RESOURCES TO ENERGY AND ECONOMIC PURPOSES.

 Beginning on the date on which the President certifies to Congress 
that all countries possessing nuclear weapons have begun the verifiable 
and irreversible elimination of such weapons under the Treaty on the 
Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the President shall transfer the 
funding appropriated for nuclear weapons programs to be used for--

    (1) purposes related to addressing the climate crisis, 
 including through the development and deployment of clean, 
 renewable energy sources, by converting all nuclear weapons 
 industry processes, plants, and programs for such purposes and 
 by retraining nuclear industry employees;

    (2) addressing human and infrastructure needs, such as 
 health care, housing, education, agriculture, and environmental 
 restoration, including long-term radioactive waste monitoring; 
 and

    (3) actively promote policies to induce all other countries 
 to join in the commitments referred to in paragraphs

    (1) and

    (2) to create a more peaceful and secure world.
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