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Treaty Doc. 105-28 - Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty - Key Vote
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Treaty - Treaty Ratification Passed (Senate) (48-51) - Oct. 13, 1999 (Key vote)
Title: Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty
Vote to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty that would require 44 countries that have nuclear power plants or nuclear research reactors to ban nuclear weapons testing six months after the treaty is ratified.
- Establishes an international monitoring system and a system of low-warning inspections.
- Allows nations to remove themselves from the pact if it is in their national interest.
- Calls for sanctions against nations that fail to comply with the treaty.
THE CONSTITUTION GIVES THE SENATE THE POWER TO APPROVE, BY A TWO-THIRDS VOTE, TREATIES MADE BY THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
Treaty - Introduced (Senate) - Sept. 23, 1997
Title: Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty
