Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2025
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Cosponsors (7)
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Latest Action
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Committee Activity
Previously
- Foreign Relations CommitteeReferred To · 2025-01-22
- Senate Committee on Foreign RelationsReferred To · 2025-01-22
Plain-English Summary
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.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
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