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HR 6840 115th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Appropriations Defense spending Department of Defense Department of Energy Executive agency funding and structure Military procurement, research, weapons development Nuclear weapons

Hold the LYNE Act

Introduced: September 26, 2018 Introduced by: Lieu, Ted Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Sep 18, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
Sep 17, 2018
Introduced in House
Sep 17, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Hold the Low-Yield Nuclear Explosive Act or the Hold the LYNE Act

This bill prohibits the use of funds authorized for the Department of Defense or the Department of Energy (DOE) for the development, production, or deployment of the Trident D5 low-yield nuclear warhead. It also repeals authorization for DOE to modify or develop a low-yield nuclear warhead for submarine-launched ballistic missiles.

What's happening now September 18, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 13
D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Nov 20, 2018
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Nov 2, 2018
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Oct 19, 2018
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Oct 9, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 9, 2018
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Oct 9, 2018
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Oct 9, 2018
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Oct 9, 2018
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Sep 28, 2018
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Sep 28, 2018
Hanabusa, Colleen
· Sep 26, 2018
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 26, 2018
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Sep 17, 2018
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Sep 17, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6840: Hold the LYNE Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6840/
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"H.R. 6840: Hold the LYNE Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6840/.
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H.R. 6840, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6840/.
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