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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="8902" measure-id="id117hr8902" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2022-09-19" update-date="2023-01-19">
        <title>To direct the Secretary of Defense to notify Congress before carrying out an order to use a nuclear weapon without a declaration of war by Congress.</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr8902v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2023-01-19">
            <action-date>2022-09-19</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
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     <p>This bill requires the Department of Defense to notify the congressional defense committees, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority leader of the Senate, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, and the minority leader of the Senate (in such order) upon the receipt of an order (and prior to implementation) by the President to use nuclear weapons without a declaration of war by Congress.</p>
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        <dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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