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S. 192 119th Congress Senate

Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to restrict the first-use strike of nuclear weapons.

Introduced: January 22, 2025 Introduced by: Edward J. Markey Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
International Affairs Congressional-executive branch relationsMilitary command and structureMilitary operations and strategyNuclear weapons
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 192: Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-192/
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"S. 192: Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-192/.
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S. 192, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-192/.
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