Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2021

United States117th CongressHR-669House of Representatives
Updated: Feb 1, 2021

Summary

Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2021 This bill prohibits the use of 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 that did not first launch a nuclear strike against the United States, its territories, or its allies.

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S-1148: Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2021

Introduced in Senate

  1. 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.

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