S 1148
117th Congress
Senate
International Affairs
Defense spending
Military command and structure
Military operations and strategy
Nuclear weapons
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2021
Introduced: April 15, 2021
Introduced by:
Markey, Edward J.
Democratic
· Massachusetts
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 15, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Apr 15, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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