HR2775-118

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act of 2023.

2. United States abolition of nuclear weapons and conversion of resources to energy and economic purposes It is the sense of Congress that the United States should provide leadership by— signing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; and ratifying such treaty when it is clear that ratification will result in— the dismantlement and elimination of all nuclear weapons in every country; and strict and effective international control of such dismantlement and elimination. Beginning on the date on which the President certifies to Congress that all countries possessing nuclear weapons have begun the verifiable and irreversible elimination of such weapons under the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the United States shall redirect resources that are being used for nuclear weapons programs to be used for— purposes related to addressing the climate crisis, including through the development and deployment of clean, renewable energy sources, by converting all nuclear weapons industry processes, plants, and programs for such purposes and by retraining nuclear industry employees; addressing human and infrastructure needs, such as health care, housing, education, agriculture, and environmental restoration, including long-term radioactive waste monitoring; and actively promote policies to induce all other countries to join in the commitments referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) to create a more peaceful and secure world.