S 192
119th Congress
Senate
International Affairs
Congressional-executive branch relations
Military command and structure
Military operations and strategy
Nuclear weapons
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
War and emergency powers
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2025
Introduced: January 22, 2025
Introduced by:
Markey, Edward J.
Democratic
· Massachusetts
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 22, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Jan 22, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2025
This bill prohibits using 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 without confirming that there has been 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.
Committees of jurisdiction
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