DC Initiative 37
The Mayor shall notify the District's Congressional Delegate, in writing, that a majority of the District's voters request that the Delegate propose a Constitutional amendment directing the U.S. government to:
- DISABLE AND DISMANTLE ALL NUCLEAR WARHEADS BY THE YEAR 2000 AND REFRAIN FROM REPLACING THEM WITH ANY WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AT ANY TIME;
- ENTER INTO A VIGOROUS GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO ELIMINATE WAR, ARMED CONFLICT, AND ALL MILITARY OPERATIONS FROM THEIR CONSIDERATIONS;
- ACTIVELY PROMOTE POLICIES INTENDED TO INDUCE ALL NATIONS ON EARTH TO JOIN IN THESE COMMITMENTS FOR PEACE ON EARTH;
- USE RECENT ANNUAL LEVELS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM RESOURCES TO
- (a) CONVERT ALL WEAPONS INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES, PROCESSES, PLANTS, PROGRAMS, AND COMPLEXES SMOOTHLY INTO CONSTRUCTIVE, ECOLOGICALLY BENEFICIAL PEACETIME INDUSTRIES DURING THE THREE YEARS FOLLOWING THE RATIFICATION OF THIS AMENDMENT; AND
- (b) REDIRECT THOSE RESOURCES INTO HUMAN NEEDS SUCH AS HOUSING, HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION, AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION.
THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE AS SOON AS THE COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES RATIFY COMPARABLE AMENDMENTS.