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
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 22, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Jan 22, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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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.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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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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