Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017
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Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017
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.
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 669: Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-669/
"H.R. 669: Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-669/.
H.R. 669, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-669/.
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