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Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D–DC
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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.
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.
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E186)
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-03-05 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This bill would redirect money already approved for nuclear weapons programs toward climate action and human and infrastructure needs. That requirement would begin only after the President certifies that every nuclear-armed country has started verifiable, irreversible elimination of its nuclear weapons under an international treaty. The proposal includes converting nuclear weapons facilities and programs and retraining nuclear industry workers.
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
(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;
The bill would be called the Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act of 2025.
This Act may be cited as the Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act of 2025.
The bill proposes a nonbinding statement of Congress's position supporting U.S. signature of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. It supports ratification—formal approval of the treaty—when it is clear that this would result in eliminating every country's nuclear weapons under strict and effective international control. This statement would not itself sign or ratify the treaty.
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;
The proposed statement also supports working with other nuclear-armed countries to eliminate all nuclear weapons worldwide in a way that can be verified and cannot be reversed, consistent with the treaty.
(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.
The President would be required to transfer appropriated funding—money approved for nuclear weapons programs—starting on the date of the certification to Congress. The trigger is that all nuclear-armed countries have begun verifiable and irreversible elimination under the treaty; it does not require that elimination already be complete.
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
One required use of the transferred funding would be climate-related work, including developing and deploying clean, renewable energy. The bill calls for converting all nuclear weapons industry processes, plants and programs to those purposes and retraining nuclear industry employees.
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;
The transferred funding would also address human and infrastructure needs. The bill gives examples including health care, housing, education, agriculture, environmental restoration and long-term monitoring of radioactive waste.
the President shall transfer the funding appropriated for nuclear weapons programs to be used for—
(2) addressing human and infrastructure needs, such as health care, housing, education, agriculture, and environmental restoration, including long-term radioactive waste monitoring;
The funding-transfer section also calls for actively promoting policies that encourage all other countries to join the climate, human-needs and infrastructure commitments. Its stated aim of a more peaceful and secure world is a purpose, not an established outcome.
(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.
The supplied action snapshot, updated December 11, 2025, records introduction in the House on March 5, 2025, and referral that day to the Foreign Affairs and Armed Services committees for consideration of provisions within their respective jurisdictions.
Source snapshot updated 2025-12-11T09:06:50Z.
2025-03-05: Introduced in House
2025-03-05: 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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