February 20, 1973
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SENATE RESOLUTION 67 – SUBMISSION OF A RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE PRESIDENT TO PROMOTE NEGOTIATIONS FOR A COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY
(Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.)
Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. MATHIAS, Mr. HART, Mr. HUMPHREY, Mr. MUSKIE, Mr. CASE, Mr. ABOUREZK, Mr. BAYH, Mr. BROOKE, Mr. BURDICK, Mr. CHURCH, Mr. CLARK, Mr. CRANSTON, Mr. FULBRIGHT, Mr. GRAVEL, Mr. HASKELL, Mr. HATFIELD, Mr. HATHAWAY, Mr. HUGHES, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. JAVITS, Mr. MAGNUSON, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MONDALE, Mr. NELSON, Mr. PELL, Mr. PROXMIRE, Mr. RIBICOFF, Mr. STEVENSON, Mr. TUNNEY, Mr. WILLIAMS, and Mr. BIDEN) submitted the following resolution:
S. RES. 67
Whereas the United States is committed in the Partial Test Ban Treaty of 1963 and the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty of 1968 to negotiate a comprehensive test ban treaty;
Whereas the conclusion of a comprehensive test ban treaty will reinforce the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty, and will fulfill our pledge in the Partial Test Ban Treaty;
Whereas there has been significant progress in the detection and identification of underground nuclear tests by seismological and other means; and
Whereas the SALT accords of 1972 have placed quantitative limitations on offensive and defensive strategic weapons and have established important precedents for arms control verification procedures; and
Whereas early achievement of total nuclear test cessation would have many beneficial consequences: creating a more favorable international arms control climate; imposing further finite limits on the nuclear arms race; releasing resources for domestic needs; protecting our environment from growing testing dangers; making more stable existing arms limitations agreements; and complementing the on-going strategic arms limitation talks;
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that the President of the United States (1) should propose an immediate suspension on underground nuclear testing to remain in effect so long as the Soviet Union abstains from underground testing, and (2) should set forth promptly a new proposal to the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics and other nations for a permanent treaty to ban all nuclear tests.