United StatesRestricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2025
What it does
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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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Jan 23Introduced in HouseLatest
- Jan 23Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.Introduced