Proposed House bill would halt U.S.-Russian nuclear security efforts

摘要

In a 325-98 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives on May 22 approved the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (H.R. 4435), which contains language that would prevent funds from being used by the Departments of Defense and Energy to conduct U.S.Russian nonproliferation activities until Moscow takes certain actions regarding the situation in Ukraine and addresses congressional concerns regarding possible treaty violations.