Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- +32
- Latest action
- Jan 23, 2025
What it does
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.
Official summary · Introduced in House · Jan 23, 2025
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Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Ted Lieu
- Brad Sherman
- Chellie Pingree
- Donald Beyer
- Eleanor Norton
- Frank Pallone
- Gabe Amo
- Gilbert Cisneros
- Grace Meng
- Ilhan Omar
- Jake Auchincloss
- James McGovern
- Janice Schakowsky
- Jerrold Nadler
- Joe Courtney
- John Garamendi
- John Larson
- Judy Chu
- Lateefah Simon
- Mark DeSaulnier
- Mark Pocan
- Maxine Dexter
- Mike Levin
- Mike Thompson
- Nydia Velázquez
- Paul Tonko
- Pramila Jayapal
- Rashida Tlaib
- Raúl M. Grijalva
- Salud Carbajal
- Sara Jacobs
- Sarah McBride
- Steve Cohen
- Sylvia Garcia
- Valerie Hoyle
- Yassamin Ansari
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