Date: September 18, 1992
Subject: Fiscal 1993 Defense Authorization
Description: Hatfield (R-OR) amendment to the Cohen (R-ME) amendment. The Hatfield amendment imposed a nine-month moratorium on nuclear testing until July 1, 1993; allowed limited testing between July 1, 1993, and Jan. 1, 1997; required reports to Congress on the remaining weapons in the U.S. stockpile, proposed safety improvements and tests, and plans for a comprehensive test ban by Sept. 30, 1996; and, contingent upon certain factors, prohibited nuclear tests after Sept. 30, 1996, unless a foreign state conducted a test. The Cohen amendment imposed a three-month moratorium, allowed limited testing until 1998, and then imposed a test ban in 1998, with the proviso that the President could waive that ban for one year in order to negotiate a comprehensive test ban.
Result: Amendment Agreed to, 55-40
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