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The Department of Peace is a proposed cabinet-level department of the executive branch of the U.S. government. ==History== The peace movement in the United States has a proposed legislative history that dates to the first years of the republic: * 1793: Dr. Benjamin Rush, Founding Father (signer of the Declaration of Independence), wrote an essay titled "A plan of a Peace-Office for the United States". Dr. Rush called for equal footing with the Department of War and pointed out the effect of doing so for the welfare of the United States in promoting and preserving perpetual peace in the United States. First published in a 1793 almanac that Benjamin Banneker authored, the plan stated:
* 1925: Carrie Chapman Catt, founder of the League of Women Voters, at the Cause and Cure for War Conference, publicly suggested a cabinet-level Department of Peace and secretary of peace be established. * 1926/1927: Kirby Page, author of ''A National Peace Department'', wrote, published and distributed a proposal for a cabinet-level Department of Peace and secretary of peace. * 1935: Senator Matthew M. Neely (D-West Virginia) wrote and introduced the first bill calling for the creation of a United States Department of Peace. Reintroduced in 1937 and 1939. * 1943: Senator Alexander Wiley (R-Wisconsin) spoke on the Senate floor calling for the United States of America to become the first government in the world to have a secretary of peace. * 1945: Representative Louis Ludlow (D-Indiana) re-introduced a bill, S. 1237,〔91 Cong. Rec. 7274 (1945)〕 to create a United States Department of Peace. * 1946: Senator Jennings Randolph (D-West Virginia) re-introduced a bill to create a United States Department of Peace. * 1947: Representative Everett Dirksen (R-Illinois) introduced a bill for “A Peace Division in the State Department”. * 1955 to 1968: Eighty-five Senate and House of Representative bills were introduced calling for a United States Department of Peace.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Why a Department of Peace? )〕 * 1969: Senator Vance Hartke (D-Indiana) and Representative Seymour Halpern (R-New York) re-introduced bills to create a U.S. Department of Peace in the House of Representatives and the Senate. The 14 Senate cosponsors of S. 953, the "Peace Act",〔115 Cong. Rec. 3154 (1969)〕 included Birch Bayh (D-IN), Robert Byrd (D-WV), Alan Cranston (D-CA), Daniel Inouye (D-HI) and Edmund Muskie (D-ME). The 67 House cosponsors included Ed Koch of New York, Donald Fraser of Minnesota, and Abner Mikva of Illinois, as well as Republican Pete McCloskey of California. * 1979: Senator Spark Matsunaga (D-Hawaii) re-introduced a bill, S. 2103, "Department of Peace Organization Act of 1979" to create a U.S. Department of Peace.〔125 Cong. Rec. 35111 (1979)〕 * 2001: Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) re-introduced a bill to create a U.S. Department of Peace. This bill has since been introduced in each session of Congress from 2001 to 2009. It was re-introduced as H.R. 808 on February 3, 2009 and is currently supported by 72 cosponsors. In July 2008, the first Republican cosponsor, Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) signed on. * 2005: Senator Mark Dayton (D-Minnesota) introduced legislation in the Senate to create a cabinet-level department of peace a week after Dennis Kucinich introduced a similar bill in the House. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Department of Peace」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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