Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2021
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Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2021
This bill prohibits the use of 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 that did not first launch a nuclear strike against the United States, its territories, or its allies.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 669: Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-669/
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