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This bill is a joint resolution in which the Maryland General Assembly formally endorses the "Back from the Brink" initiative to reduce nuclear weapons risks and calls for federal action on nuclear disarmament. The resolution urges Maryland's Congressional delegation to cosponsor federal House Resolution 77, which advocates for five specific nuclear policy changes including ending first-strike options, removing sole presidential launch authority, taking weapons off hair-trigger alert, and canceling modernization plans. Additionally, it calls on the U.S. President and Senate to endorse the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, while citing the catastrophic humanitarian and environmental consequences of nuclear warfare and Maryland's particular vulnerability due to its proximity to Washington, D.C.