,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afej  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ah1 #bjac    
,ms4 ,norton introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and in 
addition to the ,committee on ,armed    
,services1 for a period to be           
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to provide for nuclear      
weapons abolition and economic          
conversion in accordance with ,district 
of ,columbia ,initiative ,measure       
,number #cg of #aiib1 while ensuring    
environmental restoration and           
clean-energy conversion4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,nuclear ,weapons ,abolition and        
,economic and ,energy ,conversion ,act  
of #bjac4  #b4 ,requirement for nuclear 
weapons abolition and economic and      
energy conversion  7a7 ,in general ,the 

,united ,states ,government shall--     
7#a7 provide leadership to negotiate and
 enter into a multilateral treaty or    
other international agreement by the    
date that is three years after the date 
of the enactment of this ,act that      
provides for--  7,a7 the dismantlement  
and elimination of all nuclear weapons  
in every country by not later than      
#bjbj2 and  7,b7 strict and effective   
international control of such           
dismantlement and elimination2  7#b7    
redirect resources that are being used  
for nuclear weapons programs to use--   
7,a7 in converting all nuclear weapons  
industry employees1 processes1 plants1  
and programs smoothly to constructive1  
ecologically beneficial peacetime       
activities1 including strict control of 
all fissile material and radioactive    
waste1 during the period in which       
nuclear weapons must be dismantled and  
eliminated pursuant to the treaty or    
other international agreement described 
in paragraph 7#a72 and  7,b7 in         

addressing human and infrastructure     
needs1 including development and        
deployment of sustainable carbon-free   
and nuclear-free energy sources1 health 
care1 housing1 education1 agriculture1  
and environmental restoration1 including
 long-term radioactive waste monitoring2
  7#c7 undertake vigorous1 good-faith   
efforts to eliminate war1 armed         
conflict1 and all military operations2  
and  7#d7 actively promote policies to  
induce all other countries to join in   
the commitments described in this       
subsection to create a more peaceful and
 secure world4  7b7 ,effective date     
,subsection 7a77#b7 shall take effect on
 the date on which the ,president       
certifies to ,congress that all         
countries possessing nuclear weapons    
have--  7#a7 eliminated such weapons2 or
  7#b7 begun such elimination under     
established legal requirements          
comparable to those described in        
subsection 7a74