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SUSPEND Act

USA116th CongressS-4604| Senate 
| Updated: 9/16/2020
Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz

Republican Senator

Texas

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Strongly and Unambiguously Sanctioning Proliferators Exploiting Nuclear Diplomacy Act of 2020 or the SUSPEND Act This bill establishes reporting and sanctions requirements related to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Specifically, the bill requires the Department of State to report on whether parties to the NPT are fulfilling their responsibility to pursue negotiations in good faith relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race and to nuclear disarmament. Further, it requires the President, on the basis of this report, to impose sanctions against certain parties that are not meeting this responsibility.
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Timeline
Sep 16, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Sep 16, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  • September 16, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 16, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

International Affairs

Arms control and nonproliferationCongressional oversightCorporate finance and managementForeign and international corporationsForeign propertyInternational law and treatiesMilitary procurement, research, weapons developmentNuclear weaponsSanctions

SUSPEND Act

USA116th CongressS-4604| Senate 
| Updated: 9/16/2020
Strongly and Unambiguously Sanctioning Proliferators Exploiting Nuclear Diplomacy Act of 2020 or the SUSPEND Act This bill establishes reporting and sanctions requirements related to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Specifically, the bill requires the Department of State to report on whether parties to the NPT are fulfilling their responsibility to pursue negotiations in good faith relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race and to nuclear disarmament. Further, it requires the President, on the basis of this report, to impose sanctions against certain parties that are not meeting this responsibility.
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Timeline
Sep 16, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Sep 16, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  • September 16, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 16, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz

Republican Senator

Texas

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

International Affairs

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Arms control and nonproliferationCongressional oversightCorporate finance and managementForeign and international corporationsForeign propertyInternational law and treatiesMilitary procurement, research, weapons developmentNuclear weaponsSanctions