Nuclear non-proliferation treaty

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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT or NNPT) is a treaty to limit the spread of nuclear weapons.

There are currently 189 countries party to the treaty.

Only four recognized sovereign states are not parties to the treaty: India, Israel, Pakistan and North Korea. India and Pakistan both possess and have openly tested nuclear bombs.

This is the beauty of it. There is only one amendment to the bill and it has already been violated. (see lines above and below)

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To prohibit nuclear trade with India in the event that India detonates a nuclear weapon

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H.R. 7081 United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act
To approve the United States-India Agreement for Cooperation on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, and for other purposes.

Passed during Sept-Oct 2008. Current news.

This sounds like the old Carter/N.Korea junk.
"Here's the nuclear material, and you promise not to use it to build bombs."
"Oh, surprise, we used it to build bombs."

Sponsors? Mostly Democrats.

Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28] (sponsor)
Co-Sponsors
Rep. Gary Ackerman [D, NY-5]
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D, NY-7]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D, NY-17]
Rep. Eni Faleomavaega [D, AS-0]
Rep. Nicholas Lampson [D, TX-22]
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R, FL-18]
Rep. Edward Royce [R, CA-40]
Rep. Robert Wexler [D, FL-19]

Amendments to H.R.7081
Number Status Purpose
S.Amdt.5683 Fail To prohibit nuclear trade with India in the event that India detonates a nuclear weapon and to impose certain certification, reporting, and control requirements.

From the O website:

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Obama and Biden will secure all loose nuclear materials in the world within four years, and will negotiate a verifiable global ban on the production of new nuclear weapons material to curb the spread of nuclear weapons.