WARHEAD DISMANTLEMENT AND MATERIAL DISPOSAL.

SEC. 3141. WARHEAD DISMANTLEMENT AND MATERIAL DISPOSAL. (a) Findings.—The Congress makes the following findings: (1) On September 27, 1991, the President announced as part of a unilateral initiative designed to “enhance stability and reduce the risk of nuclear war,” that the United States should explore with the Soviet Union “joint technical cooperation on the safe 105 STAT. 1581and environmentally responsible storage, transportation, dismantling, and destruction of nuclear weapons”. (2) On October 5, 1991, the President of the Soviet Union stated in response that “We hereby stress readiness to embark on a specific dialogue with the United States on the elaboration of safe and ecologically responsible technologies for the storage and transportation of nuclear warheads and nuclear charges, and to design jointly measures to enhance nuclear safety”. (3) The President’s initiative and the Soviet response hold out the prospect of enhancing stability and reducing the risk of nuclear war. (b) Congressional Endorsement.—Congress strongly endorses the initiative proposed by the President and the Soviet response and looks forward— (1) to hearing the proposed initiatives of the President during the congressional review of the President’s proposed budget for fiscal year 1993; and (2) to helping facilitate such initiatives through appropriate legislative measures which are requested by the President. (c) Warhead Dismantlement.—Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1992 for weapons activities, $10,000,000 shall be available to conduct a program to develop and demonstrate a means for verifiable dismantlement of nuclear warheads.