3.0.0 200 2023-01-11T13:35:21Z 2023-01-11T13:35:21Z Senate S 2017-01-24 115 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-01-24T16:32:35Z Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017 115 669 HR 2017-01-24 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2017-01-24 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2017-01-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. N V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2017-03-02 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2017-03-09 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2017-03-13 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2017-03-30 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2017-05-02 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2017-05-08 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2017-05-08 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2017-06-05 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2017-07-11 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2017-10-17 False S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2017-10-18 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2017-11-08 False M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2017-11-08 False International Affairs Military command and structure Military operations and strategy Nuclear weapons Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents International Affairs 00 2017-01-24 Introduced in Senate 2017-03-01T20:51:05Z Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017

This bill prohibits the President from using the Armed Forces to conduct a first-use nuclear strike unless such strike is conducted pursuant to a congressional declaration of war expressly authorizing such strike.

"First-use nuclear strike" means a nuclear weapons attack against an enemy that is conducted without the President determining that the enemy has first launched a nuclear strike against the United States or a U.S. ally.

]]> Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017 Display Title Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit the conduct of a first-use nuclear strike absent a declaration of war by Congress. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s200is/xml/BILLS-115s200is.xml 2017-01-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.