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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 4, 1993
United States-Japan Partnership Act of 1993 - Directs the United States, in consultation with Japan and other states, to seek to convene a World Nuclear Disarmament Conference in 1995, with the goal of achieving a verifiable agreement to eliminate nuclear weapons from the arsenals of all countries. Requires the denuclearization process to include: (1) a verifiable nuclear test ban agreement and a worldwide agreement to end production of plutonium and highly enriched uranium for weapons purposes; (2) phasing out the use of such materials for civilian purposes; (3) strengthening international regimes to prevent countries from developing or assisting others to develop nuclear weapons and creating international mechanisms to enforce these regimes; (4) increased investment in research and development of nuclear safeguard and verification methods and technologies; and (5) phased reductions in the nuclear arsenals of the United States, the Russian Federation, China, the United Kingdom, France, and the nuclear threshold states.
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Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] · D–CA
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Referred to the Subcommittee on International Security, International Organizations and Human Rights.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H533)
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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