Prevention of Arms Race Act of 2019
Latest action · Feb 15, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Prevention of Arms Race Act of 2019
This bill restricts the appropriation of funds for the procurement, flight testing, or deployment of missiles banned by the Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF Treaty). Before such funds may be appropriated, the Department of Defense shall submit a report to Congress that includes (1) a memorandum of understanding from a North Atlantic Treaty Organization or Indo-Pacific ally committing to hosting the deployment of such a missile, (2) confirmation that the United States has not rejected any diplomatic offer to resolve Russia's violation of the INF Treaty, (3) discussion of the ramifications of a collapse of the treaty and of a U.S. withdrawal from the agreement, (4) discussion of the mission requirements with respect to Russia and China that would be met by weapons systems covered by the INF, and (5) discussion of the degree to which INF-compliant weapons can meet such mission requirements.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2019 to Feb 27, 2019; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Feb 19, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Feb 19, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Feb 27, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Feb 27, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Feb 27, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Feb 27, 2019 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Feb 14, 2019 |
| Strategic Forces Subcommittee | Referred Feb 15, 2019 | |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 14, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 15, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
- Feb 14, 2019Introduced in House
- Feb 14, 2019Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 29, February 14, 2019, page H2033.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45898 | U.S.-China Relations Archived | Report | Sep 3, 2019 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 312 | Prevention of Arms Race Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jan 31, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prevent a nuclear arms race resulting from weakened international restrictions on the proliferation of intermediate- and short-range missiles, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Prevention of Arms Race Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Alliances
- Appropriations
- Arms control and nonproliferation
- Asia
- China
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional-executive branch relations
- Defense spending
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Europe
- International Affairs
- International law and treaties
- Military procurement, research, weapons development
- Nuclear weapons
- Russia
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
