US Congress House Bill 2419 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on April 30 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the U.S. government to sign and ratify the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons or a similar international agreement that calls for the elimination of all nuclear weapons in every country. The government shall (1) redirect resources currently used in nuclear weapons programs toward building an ecologically beneficial peace economy and addressing human and infrastructure needs, and (2) actively promote policies to induce all other countries to take similar action.

Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2019

Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]	Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
2019-04-30	House	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.
2019-04-30	House	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.
2019-04-30	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E511)
2019-04-30	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2419/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2419/BILLS-116hr2419ih.pdf