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S 3400 114th Congress Senate International Affairs Military command and structure Military operations and strategy Nuclear weapons Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2016

Introduced: September 27, 2016 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Sep 27, 2016
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Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2016

This bill prohibits the President from using the Armed Forces to conduct a first-use nuclear strike unless such strike is conducted pursuant to a congressional declaration of war expressly authorizing such strike.

"First-use nuclear strike" means a nuclear weapons attack against an enemy that is conducted without the President determining that the enemy has first launched a nuclear strike against the United States or a U.S. ally.

What's happening now September 27, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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  • HR 6179 Identical bill Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3400: Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3400/
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"S. 3400: Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3400/.
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