LEGISLATION

Listed below is current legislation related to reducing and eliminating the threat of nuclear war and including communities impacted by nuclear weapons testing in radiation exposure compensation programs and Medicaid. Click the links to the bills to see if your representatives are listed as co-sponsors – if not, please contact them and ask for their support. If you aren’t sure who your representatives are, click here for a GovTrack resource that can help.

Tell Congress: Abolish Nuclear Weapons

The House Resolution to Embrace the Goals and Provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (H. Res. 77) seeks to influence a shift in our national security policy by centering nuclear disarmament and leading a serious global effort to eliminate the threat of nuclear war. It calls for all 5 of Back from the Brink’s policy points as well as explicitly calling on the President to embrace the goals and provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Please see our H. Res. 77 advocacy resources to take action and urge your representative to cosponsor H. Res. 77.

Tell Congress: End Presidential Sole Authority

The power to destroy all of humanity should never rest in the hands of one person, especially not in a democratic society. This remains true regardless of political affiliation or how steady or temperamental those hands are. The president currently has the authority to launch any number of nuclear weapons in the U.S. arsenal with no one having the authority to challenge that decision. As a temporary safeguard while we work towards international nuclear abolition, we must maintain Congress’ constitutional authority to declare war, including a nuclear strike. Tell your representatives to support H.R. 669.

Tell Congress: Redirect military spending to meet human needs

This bill seeks to cut the Pentagon budget by $100 billion. It’s referred to as the People Over Pentagon Act. Tell your representative to support H.R. 1134.

Tell Congress: Expand RECA

The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act is expected to be reintroduced in April once Congress returns from recess.