To reduce spending on nuclear weapons and related defense spending and to prohibit the procurement and deployment of low-yield nuclear warheads, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To reduce spending on nuclear weapons and related defense spending and to prohibit the procurement and deployment of low-yield nuclear warheads, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Foreign Policy, Defense.
Who Benefits and How
federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H96B4308BF27048E886694C310CE120A0: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Smarter Approaches to Nuclear Expenditures Act.
- Section H8037E44FB24C4F0A96AB70B52405DC66: 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: The United States continues to maintain an excessively large and costly arsenal of nuclear delivery systems...
- Section H883F511BB7734EDC8DBDCA3F98886828: 3. Reductions in nuclear forces Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for...
- Section H45A5C3E6A41D429085A691036121F31F: 4. Reports required Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy shall jointly...
- Section H41AA835AB193437DB6B62D64942991BC: 5. Appropriate committees of Congress defined In this Act, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To reduce spending on nuclear weapons and related defense spending and to prohibit the procurement and deployment of low-yield nuclear warheads, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Foreign Policy, Defense
Primary Purpose
This bill, To reduce spending on nuclear weapons and related defense spending and to prohibit the procurement and deployment of low-yield nuclear warheads, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- federal agencies and legislative administrators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Blumenauer introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_energy"
- → Secretary of Energy
- "secretary_of_defense"
- → Secretary of Defense
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