Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2025
The summary
What this bill 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.
Legislative timeline
From introduction
Jan 23, 2025
Introduced & referred to committee
Congressional support
Sponsors & Cosponsors
U.S. Representative - CA District 36 · D-CA
34 cosponsors
U.S. Representative - MA District 2 · D-MA
U.S. Representative - VA District 8 · D-VA
Member of Congress · D-TN
U.S. Representative - NY District 6 · D-NY
U.S. Representative - DC · D-DC
Member of Congress · D-WA
U.S. Representative - CA District 8 · D-CA
U.S. Representative - WI District 2 · D-WI
U.S. Representative - CA District 24 · D-CA
U.S. Representative - CA District 28 · D-CA
U.S. Representative - RI District 1 · D-RI
U.S. Representative - MN District 5 · D-MN
+ 22 more cosponsors
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Bill Metadata
| Congress | 119 |
| Bill Type | HR |
| Bill Number | 669 |
| Origin Chamber | House |
| Current Status | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
| Policy Area | International Affairs |
| Primary Committee | Not assigned |
| Introduced | January 23, 2025 |
| Latest Action | January 23, 2025 |
| Cosponsors | 34 · House vote — · — views |