An amendment to strike the language stating the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. should immediately enter to the START talks and say instead that the aims of the talks should be consistent with the maintenance of essential equivalence in overall nuclear capabilities. It changes one of the ends of the START talks from giving special attention to destabilizing weapons that make a nuclear freeze difficult to simply giving that attention to destabilizing weapons. And the amendment adds the following: "Consistent with pursing the over-riding objective of an immediate freeze, nothing in this resolution shall be construed to prevent the United States from taking advantage of concurrent complementary arms control proposals.".

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Amendment Number
748
Description
An amendment to strike the language stating the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. should immediately enter to the START talks and say instead that the aims of the talks should be consistent with the maintenance of essential equivalence in overall nuclear capabilities. It changes one of the ends of the START talks from giving special attention to destabilizing weapons that make a nuclear freeze difficult to simply giving that attention to destabilizing weapons. And the amendment adds the following: "Consistent with pursing the over-riding objective of an immediate freeze, nothing in this resolution shall be construed to prevent the United States from taking advantage of concurrent complementary arms control proposals.".
Purpose
An amendment to strike the language stating the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. should immediately enter to the START talks and say instead that the aims of the talks should be consistent with the maintenance of essential equivalence in overall nuclear capabilities. It changes one of the ends of the START talks from giving special attention to destabilizing weapons that make a nuclear freeze difficult to simply giving that attention to destabilizing weapons. And the amendment adds the following: "Consistent with pursing the over-riding objective of an immediate freeze, nothing in this resolution shall be construed to prevent the United States from taking advantage of concurrent complementary arms control proposals.".
Congress
97
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Aug 5, 1982
Latest Action Text
Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
Submitted Date
Aug 5, 1982
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Aug 14, 2021
Amendment 748 — Informed