To require a report assessing the effects of the repeal of the prohibition on the research and development of low-yield nuclear weapons.
What it does: Inserts new text at the end of section 3131
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)What it changes
1 change to S. 1050 · shown in the bill's text
Inserts new text at the end of section 3131
InsertsIn S. 1050 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(b) Construction.--Nothing in the repeal made by subsection (a) shall be construed as authorizing the testing, acquisition, or deployment of a low-yield nuclear weapon.
Inserted: (c) Report.--(1) Not later than March 1, 2004, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Energy shall jointly submit to Congress a report assessing whether the repeal of section 3136 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994, will affect the non-proliferation goals, objectives, programs, and activities of the United States and what actions if any the United States can and should take to minimize any negative effects.
Inserted: (2) The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex if necessary.
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SA 790. Mr. BINGAMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1050, to authorize for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 3131, add at the end the following:
(c) Report.--(1) Not later than March 1, 2004, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Energy shall jointly submit to Congress a report assessing whether the repeal of section 3136 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994, will affect the non-proliferation goals, objectives, programs, and activities of the United States and what actions if any the United States can and should take to minimize any negative effects.
(2) The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex if necessary.
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 790 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Bingaman.(consideration: CR S6896-6897)
May 22, 2003
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 790 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Bingaman.(consideration: CR S6896-6897)
May 22, 2003
Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 790 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.(text as modified: CR S6897)
May 22, 2003
Amendment SA 790 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Bingaman. (consideration: CR S6896-6897) To require a report assessing the effects of the repeal of the prohibition on the research and development of low-yield nuclear weapons.
May 22, 2003
Amendment SA 790 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S6897)
May 22, 2003
Senate amendment submitted
May 21, 2003