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HR 669In committeeForeign Affairshouse
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2025
Introduced Jan 23, 2025 by Rep. Ted Lieu
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Latest action · Jan 23, 2025
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.
What it does
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.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
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