JRH 22

This Vermont joint resolution urges the President and Congress to lead global nuclear disarmament efforts through five specific actions: renouncing first-use of nuclear weapons, requiring additional checks on presidential nuclear launch authority, taking U.S. nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert, halting the modernization of nuclear delivery systems, and pursuing verifiable elimination agreements with other nuclear-armed nations. The resolution also reaffirms Vermont's 1982 stance against nuclear proliferation and explicitly opposes the basing of nuclear weapons within Vermont. As a non-binding resolution, it serves as a formal statement of the Vermont Legislature's position on nuclear policy, directing that copies be sent to Governor Scott, President Biden, and Vermont's Congressional delegation to communicate the state's stance on nuclear disarmament.