A perfecting amendment to add to the bill that interim restraints are needed to prevent expansion of nuclear forces during negotiations. To this end the amendment recommends a mutual guaranteed build down of nuclear forces where both countries would remove from its operational forces two nuclear warheads for each newly deployed nuclear warhead.

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Amendment Number
49
Description
A perfecting amendment to add to the bill that interim restraints are needed to prevent expansion of nuclear forces during negotiations. To this end the amendment recommends a mutual guaranteed build down of nuclear forces where both countries would remove from its operational forces two nuclear warheads for each newly deployed nuclear warhead.
Congress
98
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Apr 13, 1983
Latest Action Text
Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 190 - 229 (Record Vote No: 53).
Submitted Date
Apr 13, 1983
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Jun 30, 2021
Amendment 49 — Informed