119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Jan 22, 2025
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2025
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Latest action (Jan 22, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Jan 22, 2025)
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2025
This bill prohibits using federal funds to conduct a first-use nuclear strike unless Congress expressly authorizes such a strike pursuant to a declaration of war. A first-use nuclear strike is an attack using nuclear weapons against an enemy without confirming that there has been a nuclear strike against the United States, its territories, or its allies.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate
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Congressional-executive branch relations · Military command and structure · Military operations and strategy · Nuclear weapons · Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents · War and emergency powers
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