A bill to prohibit funding for the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization in the event the United Nations Security Council adopts a resolution that obligates the United States or affirms a purported obligation of the United States to refrain from actions that would run counter to the object and purpose of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

S.3355 through Congress

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SenateSep 20, 2016IntroducedOfficial record

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Related House bill: H.R.6068 To prohibit funding for the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization in the event the United Nations Security Council adopts a resolution prohibiting activities counter to the object and purpose of the Treaty.

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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Sep 20, 2016

This bill prohibits U.S. funds from being made available to the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization if, on or after September 16, 2016, the U.N. Security Council adopts a resolution that obligates the United States or affirms a purported obligation of the United States to refrain from actions that would run counter to the treaty.

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People & committees

Who introduced it

Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] · R–AR

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Foreign Relations Committee

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Sep 20, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Sep 20, 2016
Introduced in Senate

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Related bills identified by Congress.gov

HR 6068 · To prohibit funding for the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization in the event the United Nations Security Council adopts a resolution prohibiting activities counter to the object and purpose of the Treaty.

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Discuss S.3355, 114th Congress: A bill to prohibit funding for the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization in the event the United Nations Security Council adopts a resolution that obligates the United States or affirms a purported obligation of the United States to refrain from actions that would run counter to the object and purpose of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3355

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2016-09-20.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s3355/BILLS-114s3355is.htm

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Discuss S.3355, 114th Congress: A bill to prohibit funding for the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization in the event the United Nations Security Council adopts a resolution that obligates the United States or affirms a purported obligation of the United States to refrain from actions that would run counter to the object and purpose of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3355

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2016-09-20.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s3355/BILLS-114s3355is.htm

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Discuss S.3355, 114th Congress: A bill to prohibit funding for the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization in the event the United Nations Security Council adopts a resolution that obligates the United States or affirms a purported obligation of the United States to refrain from actions that would run counter to the object and purpose of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3355

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2016-09-20.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s3355/BILLS-114s3355is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-12-05T19:04:52Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

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Discuss S.3355, 114th Congress: A bill to prohibit funding for the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization in the event the United Nations Security Council adopts a resolution that obligates the United States or affirms a purported obligation of the United States to refrain from actions that would run counter to the object and purpose of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3355

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2016-09-20.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s3355/BILLS-114s3355is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-12-05T19:04:52Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

Examine S.3355 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.