SRES 77 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that one of the most grave threats facing the United States is the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, to underscore the need for a comprehensive strategy for dealing with this threat, and to set forth basic principles that should underpin this strategy.

Introduced Mar 5, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Thomas A. Daschle D-SD

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Latest action · Mar 5, 2003 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3198-3199)

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 5, 2003
  2. Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the grave threat posed by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction demands that the United States develop a comprehensive and robust nonproliferation strategy that includes: (1) a broad international coalition; (2) prevention of theft or diversion of chemical weapons; (3) reinforcement of systems for export controls and interdiction; (4) talks with North Korea; (5) elimination of excess nuclear weapons in Russia and security of nuclear materials in Russia and the former Soviet states; (6) expansion of the Cooperative Threat Reduction program; (7) adequate funding for homeland security; and (8) the pursuit of transparency measures to enhance capabilities to detect nuclear weapons activity.

Cosponsors 38

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2003 to Mar 6, 2003; 32 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MDBarbara A. MikulskiOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-CABarbara BoxerOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-NEBen NelsonOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-NDByron L. DorganOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-CTChristopher J. DoddOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-HIDaniel K. AkakaOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-MAEdward M. KennedyOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-NJFrank R. LautenbergOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-NVHarry ReidOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-WIHerb KohlOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-NYHillary Rodham ClintonOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-RIJack ReedOriginalMar 5, 2003
R-VTJames M. JeffordsOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-WVJohn D. Rockefeller IVOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-NCJohn EdwardsOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-MAJohn F. KerryOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-NJJon S. CorzineOriginalMar 5, 2003
I-CTJoseph I. LiebermanOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-DEJoseph R. Biden Jr.OriginalMar 5, 2003
D-WAMaria CantwellOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-MNMark DaytonOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-LAMary L. LandrieuOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-ORRon WydenOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-WIRussell D. FeingoldOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-DEThomas R. CarperOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-SDTim JohnsonOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-IATom HarkinOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-MICarl LevinMar 6, 2003
D-NMJeff BingamanMar 6, 2003
D-LAJohn B. BreauxMar 6, 2003
D-ARMark L. PryorMar 6, 2003
D-MDPaul S. SarbanesMar 6, 2003
D-WVRobert C. ByrdMar 6, 2003

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateForeign Relations Committee
Referred Mar 6, 2003

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 5, 2003Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 5, 2003Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3198-3199)

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateText printed S3198—Mar 5, 2003

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that one of the most grave threats facing the United States is the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, to underscore the need for a comprehensive strategy for dealing with this threat, and to set forth basic principles that should underpin this strategy.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 5, 2003Introduced in Senate

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