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
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 27, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Sep 27, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Committees of jurisdiction
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